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In September 2007, more than 100 philosophers came to Prague with the determination to approach Karl Popper’s philosophy as a source of inspiration in many areas of our intellectual endeavor. This volume is a result of that effort. Topics cover Popper’s views on rationality, scientific methodology, the evolution of knowledge and democracy; and since Popper’s philosophy has always had a strong interdisciplinary influence, part of the volume discusses the impact of his ideas in such areas as education, economics, psychology, biology, or ethics. The concept of falsification, the problem of demarcation, the ban on induction, or the role of the empirical basis, along with the provocative parallels between historicism, holism and totalitarianism, have always caused controversies. The aim of this volume is not to smooth them but show them as a challenge. In this time when the traditional role of reason in the Western thought is being undermined, Popper’s non-foundationist model of reason brings the Enlightenment message into a new perspective. Popper believed that the open society was vulnerable, due precisely to its tolerance of otherness. This is a matter of great urgency in the modern world, as cultures based on different values gain prominence. The processes related to the extending of the EU, or the increasing economic globalization also raise questions about openness and democracy. The volume’s aim is to show the vitality of critical rationalism in addressing and responding to the problems of this time and this world.

Democracy. --- Ethics. --- Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994. --- Philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy, Modern --- Popper, Karl R. --- Poper, Karl, --- Popper, Karl, --- Popŭr, Karl, --- Popper, K. R. --- Popper, Karl Raimund, --- Pʻopʻŏ, Kʻa, --- Pabo, Kaer, --- Popā, Kāru R., --- Popper, Karl Raimund --- Popper, K.R. --- Philosophy. --- Epistemology. --- Logic. --- Modern philosophy. --- Philosophy and science. --- Philosophy and social sciences. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Philosophy of the Social Sciences. --- Philosophy, modern. --- Science --- Social sciences --- Genetic epistemology. --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Values --- Argumentation --- Deduction (Logic) --- Deductive logic --- Dialectic (Logic) --- Logic, Deductive --- Intellect --- Psychology --- Reasoning --- Thought and thinking --- Developmental psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Modern philosophy --- Methodology --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Social sciences and philosophy --- Science and philosophy

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This volume owes its origin to the perception of a puzzling paradox. Hans Christian Ørsted, the great Danish scientist and philosopher, was one of the founders of modern physics through his experimental discovery in 1820 of the interaction of electricity and magnetism—a key step and model for the further unification of the forces of nature. Followers such as Maxwell and Einstein were, and today searchers worldwide are, enchanted by the hope for a completion of that grand program. In addition to Ørsted’s discovery of electromagnetism, his work in science included other fields, chiefly high-pressure physics and acoustics. Moreover, he belonged to that fascinating group of seekers who were deeply engaged in the Romantic tradition of the Nature Philosophers, influenced by Immanuel Kant and by religious, literary, and aesthetic currents. The scientific and philosophical speculations by Ørsted and his circle also quickly stimulated the imagination of other philosophers and scientists. Among the latter were prominently André-Marie Ampère and Michael Faraday, whose work launched the transformation of civilization often called the Second Ind- trial Revolution, based on the invention of motors, generators, and the pervasi- ness of electricity in modern life.

Philosophy and science --- Romanticism. --- Physicists --- Philosophers --- History --- Ørsted, Hans Christian, --- Europe --- Intellectual life --- Science and philosophy --- Science --- Pseudo-romanticism --- Romanticism in literature --- Aesthetics --- Fiction --- Literary movements --- Örsted, H. C., --- Œrsted, J.-C., --- Oersted, H. C., --- Örsted, Johannis Christianus, --- Orsted, J. Christian, --- Oersted, John Christian, --- Philosophy, modern. --- History. --- Philosophy (General). --- Cultural Studies. --- Modern Philosophy. --- History, general. --- History of Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Science. --- Philosophy. --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Modern philosophy --- Cultural studies. --- Modern philosophy. --- Philosophy and science. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- rsted, Hans Christian,