04374nam 22006255 450 991048316650332120230810183637.03-319-06587-410.1007/978-3-319-06587-8(CKB)3710000000114407(EBL)1731132(OCoLC)880312384(SSID)ssj0001246294(PQKBManifestationID)11781915(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001246294(PQKBWorkID)11341889(PQKB)11150509(MiAaPQ)EBC1731132(DE-He213)978-3-319-06587-8(PPN)178781053(EXLCZ)99371000000011440720140514d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPopper and His Popular Critics Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos /by Joseph Agassi1st ed. 2014.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2014.1 online resource (159 p.)SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,2211-4556Description based upon print version of record.3-319-06586-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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.  .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. 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.SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,2211-4556PhilosophySciencePhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy of SciencePhilosophy.SciencePhilosophy.Philosophy.Philosophy of Science.192Agassi Josephauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut44192MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910483166503321Popper and His Popular Critics2843827UNINA