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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459478603321

Autore

Sassower Raphael

Titolo

Popper's legacy : rethinking politics, economics and science / / Raphael Sassower

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-49373-7

1-315-71203-2

1-282-94330-8

9786612943300

1-84465-379-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2006 by Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Original Title; Original Copyright; Introduction; 1 The open society as liberty; A brief survey; Critical reception; Scientific methodology as social practice; Critical rationalism; 2 Capitalism as economic equality and freedom; Historical context; Political economy as economic theory and political agenda; Popper's own concerns with economic theory; Contemporary uses and misuses of Popper's ideas; 3 Methodology as applied to individualism; Individualism as method and practice: positivism and sociology

Situated knowledge: the feminist parallel to situational logicMethodological individualism; 4 The predicament of applied Popperianism; The moral sense of Popperianism; Popper and postmodern technoscience; The Popperian predicament; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The work of Karl Popper has had extraordinary influence across the fields of scientific and social thought. Widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the twentieth century, he was also a highly influential social and political philosopher, a proponent and defender of the ""open society"". ""Popper's Legacy"" examines Popper



in the round, analysing in particular his moral and psychological insights. Once Popper's scientific legacy is couched in political and moral terms, it becomes apparent that his concern for individual autonomy does not come at the expense of institut