As one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, Conjectures and Refutations provides the clearest statement of the fundamental idea that guided his work: that our knowledge grows by an unending process of trial and error.
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As one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, Conjectures and Refutations provides the clearest statement of the fundamental idea that guided his work: that our knowledge grows by an unending process of trial and error.
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Add this copy of Conjectures and Refutations: the Growth of Scientific to cart. $43.06, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Routledge.
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Add this copy of Conjectures and Refutations: the Growth of Scientific to cart. $450.00, good condition, Sold by Burnside Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1962 by Basic Books.
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First American edition, first printing. xii, 412 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth, titled in gilt and blocked in black on the spine. Near Fine with rubbing and gentle ripple to spine cloth and light soiling to lower edge of textblock. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with sunning and several abrasions to spine panel and faint staining at head and tail. A bright copy of the wide-ranging work by the influential Austrian-British philosopher, in which he advances the theory that scientific knowledge proceeds by making and testing conjectures.
Add this copy of Conjectures and Refutations: the Growth of Scientific to cart. $3,500.00, very good condition, Sold by Raptis Rare Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published by Routledge and Kegan Paul.
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Second edition of this major work by Popper. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Lionel, the most generously appreciative of readers from Karl June 1965." The recipient Lionel Robbins was a prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics and a close friend and colleague of Popper. The pair were colleagues for over twenty years, with Popper first taking up a Readership at the LSE in 1945 before being appointed Professor of Logic and Scientific Method in 1949. Their relationship was principally professional, forming a strong inter-departmental alliance, fortified by their mutual friendship with Friedrich von Hayek. In a letter to Hayek on 20th October 1964, Popper wrote: "...I should also mention that, through your closeness to Lionel Robbins, I got to know him; and he is now my stand-by in the School, outside my department. He has been very good to me, and has helped me immensely, in many difficult situations at the school" (Shearmur & Turner, pp. 249). They also had significant intellectual intersections, with Robbins playing a role in the development of two of Popper's most important works, The Open Society and The Poverty of Historicism. For Popper, Robbins was "the uncrowned king of the LSE" (quoted in Dahrendorf, p. 422): "I loved and admired him, most of all for his moral and personal qualities-and as a teacher" (Howson, 7). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional association. Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error.
Add this copy of Conjectures and Refutations: the Growth of Scientific to cart. $9,200.00, very good condition, Sold by Raptis Rare Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published by Basic Books.
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First edition of this major work by Popper. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Rudi greatest of pianists and for me the only one with love from Karl March 28th, 1963." The recipient, Rudolf Serkin, is widely regarded as one of the greatest Beethoven interpreters of the 20th century and was a lifelong friend of Popper's. Popper and Serkin met in Salzkammergut, Austria in 1919 and their friendship lasted until Serkin's death in 1991. In 1934, Serkin asked his mother-in-law, Frieda Busch, to bring Popper's Logik der Forschung (The Logic of Scientific Discovery as it first appeared in German) to the attention of Albert Einstein as the young author did not have an academic position and needed assistance in gaining attention in the scientific community. Einstein responded warmly upon receipt of the book and endorsed the philosophy on all of its essential points. His endorsement created a stir in Vienna and beyond and the book soon received praise from other giants in the field including Rudolf Carnap, Oskar Morgenstern, and Freidrich Hayek. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association. Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error.
