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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (Routledge Classics)

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(Paperback)-This classic remains one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history.
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  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Full Posted: February 14 2010 review from Amazon User
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    from the late 1960's to the mid 1970's i was a young person grappling with the question of what constituted truth.

    ...Painful as it was at the time for me to realize that Christianity also fell into the same category as these other untestable conjectures, it showed me the way to a world view that respected no aut ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Empty Posted: March 14 2009 review from Amazon User
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    the gems are disperesed throughout, so one must be patient in discovering them.

    ...It is long, sometimes difficult, and not always on the mark, but it is a must read to understand the nature of scientific knowledge. The gems are disperesed throughout, so one must be patient in d ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Full Posted: July 9 2007 review from Amazon User
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    written with atypically clear prose and full of wit and insight.

    My conjecture on this book

    ...Written with atypically clear prose and full of wit and insight. Sir Popper is truly one of the 20th century's greatest minds. read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Full Posted: May 15 2007 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    this work connects his early classic on open society with the works of contemporary philosiphers as well as with the greeks.

    ...This work connects his early classic on Open Society with the works of contemporary philosiphers as well as with the Greeks. Popper makes the connection with modern science and it's foundations fr ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Full Posted: September 23 2005 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    3), he describes tradition and the history of thought (chapters 4 to 6) and then turns to a critique of kant, and of the effect that newton's astonishingly successful theory of gravity, unrefuted for over 200 years, had on the development of western science (chapter 7).

    ...Knowledge lies beyond our grasp, we can only seek knowledge without ever hoping to attain it. This is the central theme of Conjectures and Refutations, which itself is a comprehensive overview of ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Full Posted: September 23 2005 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    3), he describes tradition and the history of thought (chapters 4 to 6) and then turns to a critique of kant, and of the effect that newton's astonishingly successful theory of gravity, unrefuted for over 200 years, had on the development of western science (chapter 7).

    ...Knowledge lies beyond our grasp, we can only seek knowledge without ever hoping to attain it.This is the central theme of Conjectures and Refutations, which itself is a comprehensive overview of P ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Full Posted: January 10 2005 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    the first division consists of popper's own conjectures about the nature of scientific method, human knowledge, the nature of metaphysics, a theory of tradition, etc.

    ...In this Routledge Classics edition there is a third section of addenda pertaining to just a few of the individual essays in the text. For those who are unfamiliar Popper Conjectures and Refutation ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Full Posted: January 10 2005 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    the first division consists of popper's own conjectures about the nature of scientific method, human knowledge, the nature of metaphysics, a theory of tradition, etc.

    ...In this Routledge Classics edition there is a third section of addenda pertaining to just a few of the individual essays in the text.For those who are unfamiliar Popper Conjectures and Refutations ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Empty Posted: November 29 2002 review from Amazon User
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    it is easier to understand than his classic logik der forshung, and is much richer in content, for popper embarks in some of these lectures on the history of philosophy and the history of science.

    ...The fundamental lecture on philosophy of science in this collection is chapter 10, "Truth, rationality & the growth of scientific knowledge", where Popper presents his philosophy of science quite ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Empty Posted: November 26 2002 review from Amazon User
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    to be sure, he did believe, as the reader will find in this enjoyable collection, that all theories- even well corroborated, are tentative.

    ...Bookshelves in the "science" sections are filled with astronomy, biology, chemistry and such. Not to suggest their is anything wrong with these disciplines; it's just that science is a way of thin ... read more

Product Specs for Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (Routledge Classics)

Author: Karl R. Popper
Number Of Pages: 688
Category: Paperback
Brand: Routledge
Dewey Decimal Number: 121
Label: Routledge
Product Group: Book
Publication Date: 2002-08-09
Publisher: Routledge
Edition: 5
Part Number: 0415285941
ASIN: 0415285941
ISBN: 0415285941
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