0415129567.Routledge.An.Introduction.To.The.Thought.Of.Karl.Popper.Dec.1996.pdf

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE

THOUGHT OF KARL POPPER

Sir Karl Popper is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential

thinkers of our time. Born in Vienna in 1902, he fled the Nazis in 1937

and took up a university post in New Zealand. He followed a

distinguished academic career, teaching and lecturing all over Europe,

Australasia, India, Japan and the USA. He has written numerous books,

articles and essays. His publications have appeared in some thirty

languages.

This study offers an accessible introduction to the life and work of

this extraordinary thinker, including his often-neglected Postscript on

scientific method published in three volumes in the 1980s. It charts the

development of Popper’s philosophy and shows his unfailing political

commitment to humanism and enlightenment. At the centre of Popper’s

thought stands rationality and a strong belief in the power of the human

mind to change things for the better. Rationality thus serves as a guide

both in his philosophical considerations and for his political views.

Approved by Karl Popper himself as a careful and comprehensive

study, An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper will be ideal to

meet the increasing demand for a summary introduction to his work. It

has been translated into English by Patrick Camiller.

Roberta Corvi is a Lecturer of Philosophy at the Catholic University of

Milan. She is the author of La filosofia di P.F.Strawson (1979) and I

fraintendimenti della ragione (1992), a monograph about Paul

Feyerabend.

AN INTRODUCTION TO

THE THOUGHT OF

KARL POPPER

Roberta Corvi

Translated by Patrick Camiller

London and New York

First published 1997

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data

Corvi, Roberta.

[Invito al pensiero di Karl Popper. English]

Introduction to the thought of Karl Popper/Roberta Corvi;

translated by Patrick Camiller.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Popper, Karl Raimund, Sir, 1902–1994. 2. Social sciences—

Philosophy. 3. Knowledge, Theory of. I. Title.

B1649.P64C66613 1996

192–dc20 96–7922

ISBN 0-203-98257-6 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-415-12956-7 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-12957-5 (pbk)

CONTENTS

Foreword to the English edition

Abbreviations of Popper’s works

A chronology of Popper’s life

viii

Part I

1 THE LIFE

Part II

2 THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL WORKS

3 THE POLITICAL WORKS

4 THE ‘METAPHYSICAL’ WORKS

Part III

5 THEMES AND MOTIFS

121

6 THE CRITICISM

155

Notes

167

Bibliography

169

Name index

203

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