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The Impact of Critical Rationalism

Expanding the Popperian Legacy through the Works of Ian C. Jarvie

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Examines what it means to be a Popperian in the 21st Century

  • Brings together an array of senior scholars, including immediate students of Karl Popper, from a broad range of disciplines

  • Considers and expands not only Ian C. Jarvie and his interventions in Popperian scholarship, but also the role of the influential Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction: The Legacy of Ian C. Jarvie

    • Nathaniel Laor, Raphael Sassower
    Pages 1-6
  3. Critical Rationalism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. The Future of Critical Rationalism

      • Joseph Agassi
      Pages 97-107
    3. The Dark Side of Technological Progress

      • Mario Bunge
      Pages 109-113
    4. Fractured Knowledge: “Fake News”

      • Jagdish Hattiangadi
      Pages 115-128
  4. The Popperian Legacy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. Popper’s Institutional Turn

      • Rafe Champion
      Pages 161-172

About this book

As a student and disciple of Karl Popper and longtime managing editor of Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Ian C. Jarvie extended the notion of Critical Rationalism to be useful in anthropology, aesthetics, film studies, and various social sciences. In this Festschrift, contributors from a range of interests and disciplines engage with the Popperian legacy and Jarvie’s scholarly and editorial work in Critical Rationalism to contextualize it in the broader, contemporary intellectual landscape. These original essays not only honor Jarvie’s legacy, but expand it to cross the philosophical divide between analytic and continental schools of thought. In so doing, the authors bring the state-of-the-art achievements of Critical Rationalism to the forefront of current academic debates.


Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

    Raphael Sassower

  • Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Nathaniel Laor

About the editors

Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center of Legal Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA.

Nathaniel Laor is Chairman of Medical Education and Professor of Psychiatry and Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, Israel.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Impact of Critical Rationalism

  • Book Subtitle: Expanding the Popperian Legacy through the Works of Ian C. Jarvie

  • Editors: Raphael Sassower, Nathaniel Laor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90826-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90825-0Published: 26 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08108-9Published: 10 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90826-7Published: 13 July 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 348

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Theory, Philosophy of Science, Research Methodology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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