Overview
Impressively demonstrates Karl Popper's important and wide-ranging contribution to science
Illuminates past and present interactions between philosophy and science
Explores Popper's famous scientific methodology based on falsification
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Physics and Cosmology
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Statistical Testing and Logic
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Cognitive Science
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Zuzana Parusniková, Research Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the philosophy of science, most importantly on critical rationalism, and on the early modern philosophy, especially David Hume.
David Merritt, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York; author or co-author of more than 400 articles and two books on astrophysics and philosophy of science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Karl Popper's Science and Philosophy
Editors: Zuzana Parusniková, David Merritt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67036-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67035-1Published: 21 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67038-2Published: 22 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-67036-8Published: 19 July 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 367
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Philosophy of Science, Logic, Cosmology, Philosophy of Mind