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Unended Quest
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 18.95At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked library of books. Unended Quest recounts these moments and many others in the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, providing an indispensable account of the ideas... more...
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 25.95Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks... more...
The Open Society and its Enemies
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 85.00Written in political exile in New Zealand during the Second World War and published in two volumes in 1945, The Open Society and its Enemies was hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy'. This legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx prophesied the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and... more...
The Poverty of Historicism
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 19.95On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.' A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all those 'who fell victim to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical... more...
In Search of a Better World
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 45.95'I want to begin by declaring that I regard scientific knowledge as the most important kind of knowledge we have', writes Sir Karl Popper in the opening essay of this book, which collects his meditations on the real improvements science has wrought in society, in politics and in the arts in the course of the twentieth century. His subjects range from... more...
The World of Parmenides
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 29.95With a new foreword by Scott Austin 'I hope that these essays may illustrate the thesis that all history is or should be the history of problem situations, and that in following this principle we may further our understanding of the Presocratics and other thinkers of the past. The essays also try to show the greatness of the early Greek philosophers,... more...
The Open Society and Its Enemies
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 26.95'If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind, my motive is not, I hope, to belittle them. It springs rather from my conviction that, if our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.' - Karl Popper, from the Preface Written in political exile... more...
The Open Universe
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95The Open Universe is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper?s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery . The Postscript is the culmination of Popper?s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science. more...
Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper?s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery . The Postscript is the culmination of Popper?s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science. Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is the... more...
Realism and the Aim of Science
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95Realism and the Aim of Science is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper?s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The Postscript is the culmination of Popper?s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science. Realism and the Aim of Science is the first volume of... more...









