RETHINKING POPPER

Contributed papers

Joanna Swann: POPPERIAN SELECTIONISM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION, OR 'WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE MYTH OF LEARNING BY INSTRUCTION FROM WITHOUT?'
Dirk Verhofstadt: LIBERAL TESTAMENT OF KARL POPPER
Lawrence A. Boland: POPPER AS AUSTRIAN ECONOMIST: EQUILIBRIUM PROCESS VS. EQUILIBRIUM ATTAINMENT
Larry Udell: POPPER AND RAWLS: TWO FALLIBILISTS
Alan Musgrave: EXPERIENCE AND PERCEPTUAL BELIEF
John Wettersten: POPPER ON RATIONALITY AND ECONOMICS: A WRONG TURN
Michael Segre: APPLYING POPPERIAN DIDACTIC
Ian Jarvie: POPPER TODAY: FAR FROM FORGOTTEN OR IRRELEVANT
Patrick Rang & Katri Targama: POPPER AND PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT
Gunnar Andersson: CRITICAL RATIONALISM AND THE PRINCIPLE OF SUFFICIENT REASON
Alain Boyer: OPEN RATIONALITY: MAKING GUESSES ABOUT NATURE AND ABOUT SOCIETY
Federico Fernández: POPPER, CHURCHLAND AND ELIMINATIVE MATERIALISM
Alexander J. Naraniecki: KARL POPPER, ALFRED TARSKI AND PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE CORRESPONDENCE THEORY OF TRUTH

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.