Rethinking Popper
In September 2007, more than 100 philosophers came to Prague with the determination to approach Karl Popper’s philosophy as a source of inspiration in many areas of our intellectual endeavor. This volume is a result of that effort. Topics cover Popper’s v
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BOSTON STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Editors ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University JÜRGEN RENN, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science KOSTAS GAVROGLU, University of Athens
Editorial Advisory Board THOMAS F. GLICK, Boston University ADOLF GRÜNBAUM, University of Pittsburgh SYLVAN S. SCHWEBER, Brandeis University JOHN J. STACHEL, Boston University MARX W. WARTOFSKY†, (Editor 1960–1997)
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RETHINKING POPPER
Edited by ZUZANA PARUSNIKOVÁ Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic and ROBERT S. COHEN Boston University, Center for the Philosophy & History of Science, Boston, USA
Editors Zuzanna Parusniková Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Jilska 1 110 00 Prague 1 Czech Republic
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Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................... Part I
1
Reason, Logic, Science
Experience and Perceptual Belief ................................................................. Alan Musgrave
5
Critical Rationalism and the Principle of Sufficient Reason ..................... Gunnar Andersson
21
Ratio Negativa – The Popperian Challenge.................................................. Zuzana Parusniková
31
“Why, and to What Extent, May a False Hypothesis Yield the Truth?” ........................................................................................... Stefano Gattei
47
Proof Versus Sound Inference....................................................................... Nimrod Bar-Am
63
A Problem for Popper’s Fallibilism .............................................................. Ladislav Kvasz and Eugen Zelenˇák
71
Why Advocate Pancritical Rationalism? ..................................................... Darrell P. Rowbottom and Otávio Bueno
81
Karl Popper and Hans Albert – The Broad Scope of Critical Rationalism .................................................................................. Vladimír Zeman
91
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Part II
Contents
Epistemology, Methodology, Evolution
Problem-Solving and the Problem of Induction ......................................... Donald Gillies
103
Popper’s Fundamental Misdiagnosis of the Scientific Defects of Freudian Psyc
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