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Most commentators think of Karl Popper and his intellectual legacy primarily in terms of his philosophy of science, while some recall his political philosophy. In Popper's Legacy, Raphael Sassower foregrounds Popper's political and economic ideas and relates them to his methodology of science, showing along the way the ideological convictions they provide. The primacy of Popper's ideological convictions and the context that gave rise to them are used as a springboard to understanding his revolutionary impact on the late twentieth century and his continued influence today. Neither biographical nor scholarly in the traditional sense, Sassower's analysis is more a cultural critique that incorporates the relevant elements in Popper's life and writings and the circumstances under which some books and essays were rejected or well received. By examining Popper in the round, and in particular his moral and psychological insights, Popper's Legacy presents an account and evaluation of Popper's thought that both his critics and acolytes will find fascinating.

Philosophy and science. --- Popper, Karl R. --- Influence. --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Using the ideas of the American scientist and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, three conceptions of interpretation can be distinguished: the Iconic, the Indexical and the Intellective. This trichotomy is based on Peirce's use of his sign theory and his logic of scientific discovery. The Iconic captures what is valuable in itself for an individual interpreter as opposed to the Indexical which is available for public appreciation as an outcome beyond Interpretative activities. The Intellective extends the Iconic to include the interpretative activities of groups of interpreters employing appropriate methods of inquiry in a more rigorous and rational way. Such distinctions can be used in confronting certain problems in science, technology and the arts.

Art --- Interpretation (Philosophy) --- Philosophy and science. --- Philosophy. --- Peirce, Charles S.

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Moritz Schlicks 1904 verfasste Dissertation "Reflexion des Lichtes" und sein 13 Jahre später erschienenes Werk "Raum und Zeit" verbindet der Gegenstandsbereich: die Physik. Während die Dissertation noch vom angehenden Naturwissenschafter verfasst wurde, handelt es sich bei "Raum und Zeit" um das Werk eines die philosophischen Grundlagen der Naturwissenschaften reflektierenden Wissenschaftstheoretikers, eine einflussreiche Studie zu Albert Einsteins Relativitätstheorie. Beide Texte wurden textkritisch bearbeitet und unter Verwendung bisher unveröffentlichter Nachlassdokumente mit Erläuterungen versehen. Der Band enthält eine Einleitung sowie editorische Berichte, ein Sach- und Personenverzeichnis und Glossar der von Schlick verwendeten Grundbegriffe.

Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Philosophy (General). --- Science --- Sciences --- Philosophie --- Philosophy and science.

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Philosophen und Theologen haben über das Unendliche nachgedacht. Doch die wahre Wissenschaft vom Unendlichen ist die Mathematik. Rudolf Taschner gelingt es, diesen zentralen Begriff auch dem mathematischen Laien zu vermitteln. Auf anschauliche Weise beschreibt er, wie bereits Pythagoras, Archimedes und Euklid versucht haben, das Unendliche zu fassen. Er macht uns mit Newton und Leibniz bekannt, die entdeckten, dass das Phänomen von Bewegung und Wandel nur durch die Erforschung des Unendlichen verständlich wird. Mit Spannung kann der Leser den dramatischen Streit zwischen den unterschiedlichen Positionen von Cantor, Hilbert und Brouwer verfolgen - ein Streit, der nach den Erkenntnissen Gödels unentschiedener ist denn je.

Philosophy and science. --- Mathematics. --- History. --- Popular works. --- Philosophy of Science. --- History of Mathematical Sciences. --- Popular Science, general.