Rethinking Popper (eBook)

Introduction: Zuzana Parusniková & Robert S. Cohen Part 1: Reason, Logic, Science Alan Musgrave: Experience and Perceptual Belief Gunnar Andersson: Critical Rationalism and the Principle of Sufficient Reason Zuzana Parusnikova: Ratio negativa: the Popperian Challenge Stefano Gattei : Kepler’s Method by Conjectures and Refutations: Towards a Unifying Picture of His Early and Later Works Nimrod Bar-Am: Proof vs. Sound Inference Ladislav Kvasz & Eugen Zelenák: A Problem for Popper’s Fallibilism Darrell Rowbottom & Otavio Bueno: Why Advocate Pancritical Rationalism? Vladimír Zeman: Karl Popper and Hans Albert – The Broad Scope of Critical Rationalism Part 2: Epistemology, Methodology, Evolution Donald Gillies: Problem-Solving and the Problem of Induction Adolf Grünbaum: Popper’s Fundamental Misdiagnosis of the Scientific Defects of Freudian Psychoanalysis Diego Rosende: Popper on Refutability: Some Philosophical and Historical Issues Carlos Verdugo: Popper’s Thesis of the Unity of Scientific Method versus Technique Natsuka Tokumaru: Popper’s Analysis of the Problems of Induction and Demarcation and Mises' Justification of the Theoretical Social Sciences Michel Ter Hark: Popper’s theory of the searchlight: a historical assessment of its significance Jack Birner: From group selection to ecological niches Part 3: Society, Politics Anthony O’Hear: Popperian Individualism To-day Ian Jarvie: Popper’s Continuing Relevance Miloslav Bednár : Open Society and the European Union Alain Boyer: Epistemology, Politics and Fairness Alexander J. Naraniecki: Logic and The Open Society : Revising the Place of Tarski’s Semantic Theory of Truth within Popper’s Political Philosophy. Harald Stelzer:Popper and Communitarianism: Justification and Criticism of moral Standards Jeff Kochan: Popper’s Communitarianism Herzl Baruch: Re-examination of Popper's portrayal of Socrates Part 4: Ethics, Economics, Education Noretta Koertge: The Moral Underpinnings of Popper’s Philosophy Jeremy Shearmur: Critical rationalism and Ethics Joseph Agassi: Popper’s Insights into the State of Positive Economics and of Welfare Economics John Wettersten: Popper and Sen on Rationality and Economics Joanna Swann: Popperian Selectionism and Its Implications for Education, Or 'What to Do About the Myth of Learning by Instruction from Without?' Michael Segre: Applying Popperian Didactics Musa Akrami: The Difficulties with Popper's Nontraditional Conception of Metaphysics. A review by Zuzana Parusnikova: Out of Error: Further Essays on Critical Rationalism by David Miller INDEX