LEADER 04374nam 22006255 450 001 9910483166503321 005 20230810183637.0 010 $a3-319-06587-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-06587-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000114407 035 $a(EBL)1731132 035 $a(OCoLC)880312384 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001246294 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11781915 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001246294 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11341889 035 $a(PQKB)11150509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1731132 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-06587-8 035 $a(PPN)178781053 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000114407 100 $a20140514d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPopper and His Popular Critics $eThomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos /$fby Joseph Agassi 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Philosophy,$x2211-4556 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-06586-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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.  . 330 $aThis volume examines Popper?s philosophy by analyzing the criticism of his most popular critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos. They all followed his rejection of the traditional view of science as inductive. Starting from the assumption that Hume?s criticism of induction is valid, the book explores the central criticism and objections that these three critics have raised. Their objections have met with great success, are significant and deserve paraphrase. One also may consider them reasonable protests against Popper?s high standards rather than fundamental criticisms of his philosophy. The book starts out with a preliminary discussion of some central background material and essentials of Popper?s philosophy. It ends with nutshell representations of the philosophies of Popper. Kuhn, Feyerabend and Lakatos. The middle section of the book presents the connection between these philosophers and explains what their central ideas consists of, what the critical arguments are, how they presented them, and how valid they are. In the process, the author claims that Popper's popular critics used against him arguments that he had invented (and answered) without saying so. They differ from him mainly in that they demanded of all criticism that it should be constructive: do not stop believing a refuted theory unless there is a better alternative to it. Popper hardly ever discussed belief, delegating its study to psychology proper; he usually discussed only objective knowledge, knowledge that is public and thus open to public scrutiny. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Philosophy,$x2211-4556 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy of Science 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 615 14$aPhilosophy. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Science. 676 $a192 700 $aAgassi$b Joseph$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$044192 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483166503321 996 $aPopper and His Popular Critics$92843827 997 $aUNINA