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~ Karl R. Popper (Author) "When I was twenty I became apprenticed to an old master cabinetmaker in Vienna whose name was Adalbert Posch, and I worked with him from..." (more)
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There is no philosopher writing in English who can match Karl Popper in the range or in the quality of his work ... politics, science, art ... few broad areas of human thought remain unillumined by Poppers work. - Bryan Magee

There is no philosopher writing in English who can match Karl Popper in the range or in the quality of his work. . .Politics, science, art . . .few broad areas of human thought remain unillumined by Popper's work.
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A brilliant account of the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, Popper explains the central ideas in his work, making this ideal reading for anyone coming to his life and work for the first time.
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  • Paperback: 328 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 5 edition (August 2, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0415285909
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415285902
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1 inches
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internal selection pressure, propensity interpretation, informative content, situational logic, instance confirmation, error elimination, objectivist theory, subjectivist theory, historical conjecture, dogmatic thinking, der forschung
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New Zealand, The Open Society, The Poverty, Vienna Circle, First World War, Victor Kraft, Heinrich Gomperz, Helen Keller, Herbert Feigl, Bertrand Russell, University of Vienna, Hans Hahn, Julius Kraft, Karl Menger, Pedagogic Institute, Richard von Mises, Second World War, Ernst Gombrich, Franz Urbach, Hans Thirring, Konrad Lorenz, Robert Lammer, Selma Lagerlöf, Wittgenstein's Tractatus
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5.0 out of 5 stars ...and What a Quest it Was!!, February 14, 2003
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Routledge Classics has done us all - fans of clear thinking, clear writing and great literature - a real service by re-releasing Karl Popper's intellectual biography "An Unended Quest". In additiion to offering informative accounts of how he came about his greatest theories, he gives us entertaining life stories as well.

As we would expect from Popper, this book is set up similar to his problem solving methodology: (P1)- (TT)-(EE)-(P2). For those unfamiliar, this stands for problem 1, tentative theory, error elimination, problem 2 - and this is how Popper, at least, according to his biography, led his life. A problem would arise, he'd think about it enough to offer a best conjecture, go about watching its results (recieving criticism from others as well as himself, setting aside a refuted theory if necessary) and this would invariably lead to new and more challenging problems. It is party because of this ongoing method that Popper descrbes himself as "the happiest philosopher I ever met."

The first half of the book is especially thrilling. Popper shifts from a chapter relating personal events and development with "digression" chapters relating how these personal events led to theories, ideas and problems to be solved. Of note to me, with a B.A. in music, were the chapters exploring Poppers love for 'classical' music. Especially of suprise here was that he has many of the same tastes and reasons for them as I and he discusses many of those ideas in what could be the most exciting 'digression' in the book.

The second half of the book concentrates more on ideas and lesson events. This was the period where Popper, although still looked at as unconventional, was a bit more accepted. This period saw him write "The Open Society and It's Enemies", "Poverty of Historicism", and "Conjectures and Refutations". As most of this is about explaining his ideas, not the events therefrom, those familiar with Popper's writings may get a bit bored here. Still, with prose as crystal-clear and exciting as Popper's, nobody - from the novice to the professional philosopher - will want to miss a paragraph!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Philosophy of Science read, October 1, 2009
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This is a good bood about Popper, who was an important figure in the philosophy of science twists and turns.
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