Realism and the aim of science : from the Postscript to the logic of scientific discovery, edited by W.W. Bartley III

In Realism and the Aim of Science, Karl Popper formulates and explains his non-justificationist theory of knowledge. Science--empirical science--aims at true explanatory theories, yet it can never prove, finally establish, or justify any of its theories as true, making it important for science to continue to question and criticize its theories. BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 DEDICATION......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 8 TRANSLATORS’ NOTE......Page 13 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, 1934......Page 16 PREFACE TO THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 1959......Page 19 Part I Introduction to the Logic of Science......Page 30 1 A SURVEY OF SOME FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS......Page 32 2 ON THE PROBLEM OF A THEORY OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD......Page 56 Part II Some Structural Components of a Theory of Experience......Page 64 3 THEORIES......Page 66 4 FALSIFIABILITY......Page 86 5 THE PROBLEM OF THE EMPIRICAL BASIS......Page 103 6 DEGREES OF TESTABILITY......Page 124 7 SIMPLICITY......Page 150 8 PROBABILITY......Page 162 9 SOME OBSERVATIONS ON QUANTUM THEORY......Page 238 10 CORROBORATION, OR HOW A THEORY STANDS UP TO TESTS......Page 277 APPENDIX i......Page 312 APPENDIX ii......Page 315 APPENDIX iii......Page 319 APPENDIX iv......Page 322 APPENDIX v......Page 326 APPENDIX vi......Page 330 APPENDIX vii......Page 334 NOTE TO NEW APPENDICES, 1959 EDITION......Page 338 APPENDIX *i......Page 341 APPENDIX *ii......Page 348 APPENDIX *iii......Page 354 APPENDIX *iv......Page 358 APPENDIX *v......Page 385 APPENDIX *vi......Page 398 APPENDIX *vii......Page 403 APPENDIX *viii......Page 421 APPENDIX *ix......Page 431 APPENDIX *x......Page 469 APPENDIX *xi......Page 493 APPENDIX *xii......Page 510 NAME INDEX......Page 518 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 523 38......Page 67