Karl Popper
Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher and professor at the London School of Economics. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century.
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Biography
Educated at the University of Vienna, Popper emigrated to New Zealand in 1937, teaching at the University of New Zealand in Christchurch and then to England in 1945, where he was granted British citizenship and lived for the remainder of his life. He lectured in Philosophy at University College Cambridge (1937-45) and in 1969 was appointed an Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics. He has held a variety of positions and lectured at Universities throughout Europe and America [1].
Literature
Works by Karl Popper
- Articles
- "Zwei Bedeutungen von Falsifizierbarkeit [Two meanings of falsifiability]", In: H. Seiffert and G. Radnitzky, Handlexikon der Wissenschaftstheorie, München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1994: 82–85.
- Books
- Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie, typescript, 1930–33, 1979
- The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge, 2008
- Logik der Forschung [The Logic of Research], 1934.
- The Logic of Scientific Discovery, New York: Basic Books, 1959.
- The Open Society and its Enemies, 1945-.
- Vol. 1, The Spell of Plato, 1943-
- Vol. 2, The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath, 1966-
- The Poverty of Historicism, 1936.
- Conjectures and Refutations, London: Routledge, 1963.
- Objective Knowledge, 1966, excerpt.
- with Konrad Lorenz, Die Zukunft ist offen, 1985 (in German).
- The Future is Open
- Viitorul este deschis. O discuţie la gura sobei, trans. Simona Lobonţ and Florin Lobonţ, Bucuresti: Trei, 1997 (in Romanian).
- Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt: Vorträge und Aufsätze aus dreißig Jahren, Munchen/Zurich: Piper, 1984; 2nd edition, 1987.
- În căutarea unei lumi mai bune, trans. Anca Rădulescu, Bucuresti: Humaniats, 1998.
Works on Karl Popper
- Bruce Caldwell, Recovering Popper. A review essay of Malachi Hacohen, Karl Popper: The Formative Years, 1902-1945, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Malachi Haim Hacohen, Karl Popper, The Formative Years, 1902-1945: Politics and Philosophy in Interwar Vienna, Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Karl Popper, Unended Quest, original 1974; Rev. ed. London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
Bibliography
- compiled by citizendium.org
- compiled by Makoto KOGAWARA / Yoshihisa HAGIWARA
- compiled by Ralph Dumain
Links
- Stephen Thornton, "Karl Popper", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- http://www.tkpw.net/
- Resources in English and Japanesse