Karl Popper / Phil Parvin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157) and index.

Karl Popper is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of science and the history of ideas. Elements of Popper's thought were clearly libertarian or conservative in character. His politics, however, were recognisably social democratic. His ideal of an open society was not a free market utopia, but a political community in which diverse people engaged with one another in constructive dialogue to seek political solutions to common problems. If Popper made important and enduring contributions to the libertarian and conservative traditions, it would be a mistake to uncritically label hi.

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HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Intellectual Biography; Early beginnings; The Pedagogic Institute; Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle; 'A fighting book'; The later years; 2 Popper's Ideas; Popper's epistemology; From science to social science; From social science to politics; The Open Society; 3 Reception and Influence of Popper's Philosophy; Popper, Burke, and the fallibility of reason; Radical politics, radical philosophy; Popper and the rise of the New Right; A final word on ideologies.

4 The Contemporary Relevance of Popper's PhilosophyConclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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