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David Miller
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Conclusive Justification
Critical Rationalist
critique of induction
Da Costa
epistemology
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falsification theory
Falsity Content
Fowler's Modern English Usage
Fowler’s Modern English Usage
Inductive Inferences
Intellectual Impostures
Intuitionistic Logic
Language Dependence
logic
logic and reasoning
Logik Der Forschung
Non-classical Logical
paraconsistent
Paraconsistent Logic
philosophy of science
Popper's Philosophy
Popper’s Philosophy
Primitive Predicate
Propensity Interpretation
Radical Scepticism
scientific methodology
Sentence Letters
Single Case Probabilities
Tarski's Definition
Tarski's Theory
Tarski's Work
Tarski’s Definition
Tarski’s Theory
Tarski’s Work
Unfalsified Hypotheses
Unfalsified Proposition
verisimilitude debate

Product details

  • ISBN 9780754650683
  • Weight: 617g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 12 Jan 2006
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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If there has been some modest advance, since Karl Popper's death in 1994, in the general understanding of his critical rationalist theory of knowledge and philosophy of science, there is still widespread resistance both to it and to the recognition of the magnitude of his contribution. Popper long ago diagnosed the logical problems of traditional enlightenment rationalism (as did some irrationalists), but instead of pretending that they are readily solved or embracing irrational defeatism (as do postmodernists), he provided a cogent and liberating rationalist alternative. This book promotes, defends, criticizes, and refines this alternative. David Miller is the foremost exponent of the purist critical rationalist doctrine and here presents his mature views, discussing the role that logic and argument play in the growth of knowledge, criticizing the common understanding of argument as an instrument of justification, persuasion or discovery and instead advocating the critical rationalist view that only criticism matters. Miller patiently and thoroughly undoes the damage done by those writers who attack critical rationalism by invoking the sterile mythology of induction and justification that it seeks to sweep away. In addition his new material on the debate on verisimilitude is essential reading for all working in this field.
About David Miller

David Miller was an assistant to Karl Popper in the 1960s, and worked closely with him for the next thirty years. He taught at the University of Warwick, UK, and has also held appointments at universities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Thailand, and the USA. He has been Honorary Treasurer of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, Secretary of the British Logic Colloquium, and Chair of the British National Committee for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. His publications include Critical Rationalism: A Restatement and Defence (1994), and many papers in logic, probability, and the philosophy of science. His anthology Popper Selections (originally A Pocket Popper) has been translated into Albanian, Bengali (in part), Chinese, Georgian, German, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and Swedish.

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