Karl Popper : professional philosopher and public intellectual / Friedel Weinert.
Weinert, Friedel, 1950- author.
2022
B1649.P64 W45 2022
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Title Karl Popper : professional philosopher and public intellectual / Friedel Weinert.
Author Weinert, Friedel, 1950- author.
ISBN 9783031154249 electronic book
303115424X electronic book
9783031154232
3031154231
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15424-9
Published Cham : Springer, 2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-15424-9 doi
Call Number B1649.P64 W45 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 192
Summary Karl R. Popper is widely regarded as one of the most influential 20th century philosophers. In this new biography, Weinert provides a comprehensive and accessible account of his life and work, also addressing Poppers role as a public intellectual. Drawing on a wide range of sources and interviews with former colleagues and collaborators, he recounts not only the wide interest from the scientific community, but also the inspiration that politicians took from Poppers work. The book surveys the vast and varied intellectual landscape of Popper's philosophical journey during his long career: from the natural and social sciences (physics, evolution, sociology to political philosophy and the philosophy of mind. It pays significant attention to Poppers critical method - i.e., the notion that ideas and institutions should be exposed to rigorous tests the approach that led him to a fervent defence of objectivity, rationality and realism, against all forms of irrationalism, as well as a passionate advocacy of freedom, social justice and liberal democracy, against all forms of authoritarianism. The book brings Popper into focus as a modern Enlightenment philosopher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Series Springer biographies.
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Popper revolutionizes the philosophy of science
Popper becomes a defender of an open society
Popper revisits his philosophy of science
Why Popper defends indeterminism
Popper meets his Critics
Popper reflects on the mind and the self
Popper turns to Evolutionary Biology
Popper the Public Intellectual
Conclusion
Bibliography.-Index.

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