Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements) 39

Few philosophers in this century have had either Karl Popper's range or his influence, inside and outside philosophy. This collection of essays by fifteen distinguished philosophers, several of whom have been closely associated with Popper and his work, provides a timely assessment of Popper's contributions in a number of key areas : the methodology and philosophy of science; probability and determinism; quantum theory; biology; the theory of evolution; and the theory and practice of politics. The volume offers the specialist and the general reader alike fresh insights into the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most original thinkers Popper, Science And Rationality / W.h. Newton-smith -- Popper And Reliabilism / Peter Lipton -- The Problem Of The Empirical Basis / E.g. Zahar -- 'revolution In Permanence': Popper On Theory-change In Science / John Worrall -- Popper's Contribution To The Philosophy Of Probability / Donald Gilles -- Propensities And Determinism / David Miller -- Popper On Determinisim / Peter Clark -- Popper And The Quantum Theory / Michael Redhead -- The Uses Of Karl Popper / Günter Wächtershäuser -- Popper And Darwinism / John Watkins -- Popper And The Scepticism Of Evolutionary Epistemology, Or, What Were Human Beings Made For? / Michael Smithhurst -- Does Popper Explain Historical Explanation? / Kenneth Minogue -- The Grounds For Anti-historicism / Graham Macdonald -- What Use Is Popper To A Politician? / Bryan Magee -- Ethical Foundations Of Popper's Philosophy / Hubert Kiesewetter. Edited By Anthony O'hear ; [contributors, Peter Clark ... Et Al.]. Works Of Karl Popper Referred To In The Text: P. 289-290. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.