Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction: Karl Popper and philosophy in the 20th century, Hans Albert; Einleitung: Karl Popper und die Philosophie im 20. Jahrhundert, Hans Albert. Part 1 Popper's Life and Times: The historical roots of Popper's theory of the searchlight: a tribute to Otto Selz, Michel ter Hark; Hunting for roots of Viennese philosophy, John T. Blackmore; Which came first, the problem of induction or the problem of demarcation?, Troels Eggers Hansen; Karl Poppers erste Schritte in die Philosophie: Leonard Nelsons Paradoxien der Souveranitat und Nelsons sowie Poppers Losungsversuche, Hans-Joachim Dahms; The young Popper as a scholarly field: a comment on Dahms, Hansen, and ter Hark, Malachi Haim Hacohen; Popper and Hayek: who influenced whom?, Bruce Caldwell; A tour of Karl Popper's Vienna, Heidi Konig; Sir Karl Popper school: more than just a name?, Renate Wustinger; Popper in Iran, Ali Paya. Part 2 Values in a World of Facts: Popper and nationalism, Andrew Vincent; The enlightenment programme and Karl Popper, Nicholas Maxwell; Popper in the poison cupboards: the resonance of his political works in the former GDR, Rachael Knight; Can the Japanese learn to welcome criticism openly?, Kiichi Tachibana; Karl Popper's revisionist/realist theory of democracy, Geoffrey Stokes; Popper and communitarianism: ethical and political dimensions of democracy, Harald Stelzer; On Popper's concept of an open society, Ulrich Steinvorth; Towards a new theory of the closed society, John Wettersten; Can Popper's ideas enlighten postmodern technoscience?, Raphael Sassower; Karl Popper's 'third way'. Public policies for Europe and the west, Marcello Pera. Index.

About the Author

Ian Jarvie is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Karl Milford is Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Vienna, Austria. David Miller is from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.