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Institute of Philosophy
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

is pleased to announce a conference

RETHINKING POPPER

September 10th - 14th 2007
Prague, Czech Republic

This conference aims to review Karl Popper's philosophy and evaluate its relevance to current philosophical debates and today's world. Topics covered will include his views on rationality, scientific methodology, the evolution of knowledge and democracy.

The Chair of the Organizing Committee:
Dr Zuzana Parusniková
Department for Analytic Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy
Jilská 1, 110 00 Prague 1
rethinkingpopper@gmail.com

The Organizing Committee:

Robert Cohen (Boston), Yehuda Elkana (Budapest), Donald Gillies (London), Petr Koťátko (Prague), Táňa Sedová (Bratislava), Friedrich Stadler (Vienna), Joanna Swann (Brighton)

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Joseph Agassi (Israel), Gunnar Andersson (Sweden), Donald Gillies (UK), Adolf Grünbaum (US), Ian Jarvie (Canada), Noretta Koertge (USA), David Miller (UK), Peter Munz †(New Zealand), Alan Musgrave (NZ), Anthony O'Hear (UK), Micheal Segre (Italy), Joanna Swann (UK).

Sir Karl Raimund Popper

Sir Karl Raimund Popper is regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century. He argued that scientific theories cannot be verified but only tentatively refuted, and that the best philosophy is about profound problems, not word meanings. He was also a social and political philosopher of considerable stature, an implacable critic of totalitarianism in all of its forms. He is best known for his vigorous defense of liberal democracy and the principles of social criticism which he considered to be inextricably linked to the functioning of the open society.

In the final analysis the activities of problem-solving and criticism unify the broad spectrum of his thought. The work of Karl Popper continues to stimulate critical thought in various areas of human intellectual endeavour.