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UNINA9910483166503321 |
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Agassi Joseph |
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Popper and His Popular Critics : Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos / / by Joseph Agassi |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
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[1st ed. 2014.] |
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1 online resource (159 p.) |
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SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, , 2211-4556 |
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Philosophy |
Science - Philosophy |
Philosophy of Science |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Introduction -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- A. Prelims -- A1. On Human Rules about God’s World A2. In search for Rules -- A3. Rules against Mock-Criticism -- A4. Rules against excessive defensiveness -- A5. Against the Bouncers in the Gates of Science.- A5. Duhem, Quine and Kuhn -- B. Popper and his Popular Critics.- B1. Karl Raimund Popper B2. Kuhn’s Way -- B3. Feyerabend’s Proposal B4. Imre Lakatos -- B5. A Touch of Malice -- C. In a Nutshell -- C1. The Essential Popper -- C2. Kuhn on Pluralism and Incommensurability -- C3. Paul Feyerabend and Rational Pluralism -- C4. Lakatos on the Methodology of Scientific Research Programs -- C5. Epilogue: Civilization and its Self-Defense -- D. References -- D1. Appendix 1: The Biological Base of Dogmatism.- D2. Appendix 2: Popper on Explanation -- D3. Bibliography -- D4. Index of names -- D5. Index of Subjects. . |
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This volume examines Popper’s philosophy by analyzing the criticism of his most popular critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos. They all followed his rejection of the traditional view of science as inductive. Starting from the assumption that Hume’s criticism of induction is valid, the book explores the central criticism and objections that these three critics have raised. Their objections have met with great success, are significant and deserve paraphrase. |
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One also may consider them reasonable protests against Popper’s high standards rather than fundamental criticisms of his philosophy. The book starts out with a preliminary discussion of some central background material and essentials of Popper’s philosophy. It ends with nutshell representations of the philosophies of Popper. Kuhn, Feyerabend and Lakatos. The middle section of the book presents the connection between these philosophers and explains what their central ideas consists of, what the critical arguments are, how they presented them, and how valid they are. In the process, the author claims that Popper's popular critics used against him arguments that he had invented (and answered) without saying so. They differ from him mainly in that they demanded of all criticism that it should be constructive: do not stop believing a refuted theory unless there is a better alternative to it. Popper hardly ever discussed belief, delegating its study to psychology proper; he usually discussed only objective knowledge, knowledge that is public and thus open to public scrutiny. |
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UNINA9910154582703321 |
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Titolo |
Managing urban futures : sustainability and urban growth in developing countries / / edited by Marco Keiner, Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr, Willy A. Schmid |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1 online resource (294 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KeinerMarco <1963-> |
Koll-SchretzenmayrMartina <1967-> |
SchmidWilly A |
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Urban ecology (Sociology) - Developing countries |
Urbanization - Developing countries |
City planning - Developing countries |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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First published 2005 by Ashgate Pub. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. I. The challenges of urban development processes -- pt. II. New scales in space and time -- pt. III. Transforming state, space and society : political reform, promoting citizens rights and poverty alleviation -- pt. IV. Coming together. |
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Urbanization is one of the most powerful forces influencing global sustainability. It is dominated by three factors: population growth, rural-urban migration and subsequent urban expansion. Perhaps nowhere are these factors more dominant than in developing countries. This volume brings together leading experts including Alan Gilbert, John Friedmann, Saskia Sassen and Janice Perlman to explore the conflicting challenges of rapid urbanization in developing countries. While all have to contend with key issues such as social segregation, poverty, and loss of governability, the ongoing forces of urban growth vary from country to country. By comparing the challenges of urbanization in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific, this book puts forward a new way of thinking about mega- and million-cities in developing countries - one that promotes their vital function in society as engines of ideas, technologies, societal change, democratic transformation and loci of political will to build a new regime of global sustainability. |
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