Description
Product ID: | 9780415285940 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Classics |
Title: | Conjectures and Refutations |
Subtitle: | The Growth of Scientific Knowledge |
Authors: | Author: Karl Popper |
Page Count: | 608 |
Subjects: | Western philosophy from c 1800, Western philosophy, from c 1900 -, Philosophy of science, Philosophy of science |
Description: | Select Guide Rating One of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, it provides the clearest statement of the fundamental idea that guided his work: that our knowledge grows by an unending process of trial and error. Conjectures and Refutations is 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. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2002-05-02 |