Hailed on publication in 1957 as 'probably the only book published this year that will outlive the century', this is a devastating criticism of the idea that there are fixed laws in history and that human beings are able to predict them.
Karl Popper described Die Beiden Grundrpobleme der Erkenntnistheorie - The Two Fundamental Problems of Knowledge - as " above all about... the... Læs mere
Shearmur and Turner have collected the most important writings Popper made in the years after The Open Society was first published. Many are published here for the first time.
As one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, Conjectures and Refutations provides the clearest statement of the fundamental idea that guided his work: that our knowledge grows by an unending process of trial and error.
A brilliant account of the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Popper also explains some of the central ideas in his work, making this ideal reading for anyone coming to his life and work for the first time.
Popper's legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx prophesied the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and exposed the fatal flaws of socially engineered political systems. Available here in a special single volume edition.
Karl Popper’s ‘The Poverty of Historicism’ is one of the most important books on the social sciences to have appeared since the Second World War. It is also the work of one of... Læs mere
Consisting of interviews given to the Italian journalist Giancarlo Bosetti, this edited compilation showcases Popper's belief in the duty of the philosopher to intervene in politics and serves as a warning against our current complacency.
Based upon the Kenan Lectures that Popper delivered in 1969, this volume raises problems connected with human freedom, creativity, rationality, and the relationship between human beings and their actions.