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Of all philosophers of the 20th century, few built more bridges between academic disciplines than Karl Popper. He contributed to a wide variety of fields in addition to the epistemology and the theory of scientific method for which he is best known. This book illustrates and evaluates the impact, both substantive and methodological, that Popper has had in the natural and mathematical sciences. The topics selected include quantum mechanics, evolutionary biology, cosmology, mathematical logic, statistics, and cognitive science. The approach is multidisciplinary, opening a dialogue across scientific disciplines and between scientists and philosophers.

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Author:   Zuzana Parusniková ,  David Merritt
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9783030670382

ISBN 10:   3030670384
Pages:   367
Publication Date:   22 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Zuzana Parusniková: Karl Popper: His Philosophy and Science   PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY Olival Freire Junior and Flavio Del Santo:  Popper and the Quantum Controversy Yanhua Shih: Popper's experiment Helge Kragh: Karl Popper and Modern Cosmology: His Thoughts and Their Impact Anastasiia Lazutkina: Contemporary cosmology and Popper’s methodological views David Merritt: Progress in Cosmology: A Methodological Perspective   STATISTICAL TESTING AND LOGIC Deborah Mayo: tba Youngjo Lee and Yudi Pawitan: Popper and reasoning from his falsification to modern confirmation David Binder and Thomas Piecha: Popper on Quantifcation and Identity Constantin C. Brîncuș: Logical Maximalism and Quantum Mechanics   BIOLOGY Denis Noble and Raymond Noble: Rehabilitation of Karl Popper’s ideas on evolutionary biology and the nature of biological science. Philip G. Madgwick: Agency in Evolutionary Biology Hans-Joachim Niemann: Popper, Darwin, and Biology       MIND-BRAIN (COGNITIVE SCIENCE) Peter Århem: Popper and the Mind-Brain Problem Joseph Agassi: The Place of the Mind in Nature Nir Fresco: Objectivity, Intersubjectivity and Popper´s Three Worlds Olga Markič: Popper´s Emergentism  

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Zuzana Parusniková, Research Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the philosophy of science, most importantly on critical rationalism, and on the early modern philosophy, especially David Hume. David Merritt, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York; author or co-author of more than 400 articles and two books on astrophysics and philosophy of science.

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