Objective knowledge. An evolutionary approach

by Karl R. Popper

Paper Book, 1979

Status

Available

Call number

121

Collection

Publication

Oxford, Clarendon Press

Description

The essays in this volume represent an approach to human knowledge that has had a profound influence on many recent thinkers. Popper breaks with a traditional commonsense theory of knowledge that can be traced back to Aristotle. A realist and fallibilist, he argues closely and in simplelanguage that scientific knowledge, once stated in human language, is no longer part of ourselves but a separate entity that grows through critical selection.

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LibraryThing member ElizabethPisani
One of THE classics in the philosophy of science. I defy you to read this without agreeing vehemently. And disagreeing just as vehemently.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1972

ISBN

0198243707 / 9780198243700

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