The Philosophy of Karl Popper

The Philosophy of Karl Popper. Herbert Keuth. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005. 367 pp. $70 hardcover, $28.99, paperback. A systematic exposition of the philosophy of Karl Popper (1902-1994), one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the twentieth century (The Logic of Scientific Discovery is his masterpiece).

Author Keuth is a professor of the philosophy of science at Tubingen. Part 1, the largest and most important section, deals with Popper's philosophy of science. Topics include the problem of induction, the problem of demarcation (falsifiability as a criterion, metaphysical statements, testability, etc.), the role of theories (including causality, prediction, and universality), the problem of a theory of scientific method, the problem of the empirical basis, corroboration, realism, verisimilitude, and probability. Part II discusses Popper's social philosophy. Part III, Metaphysics, includes discussions on determinism vs. indeterminism and the mind-body problem (including objective vs. subjective knowledge, argumentation and imagination, and interaction and consciousness).

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