Liberty is not a luxury good. It is necessary for civilization to thrive and the end of liberty will also be the end of ...

In the soft light of an antipodean afternoon, Graham Macdonald is careful to impress his academic orientation upon a visitor. Mr. Macdonald is, as he says, director of the department of philosophy and ...

We move forward by trial and error, says Popper. But without those trials — in science or democracy — errors can survive long past their due date You can save this article by registering for free here ...

One of the leading philosophers of the 20th century, Sir Karl Popper founded the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method in 1946. Critical rationalism was the cornerstone not only of his ...

Robyn Williams: If you were to ask the lady on the Melbourne tram to name the greatest philosophers of science, the chances are she'll mention three people: William of Ockham, of course; maybe Francis ...

LSE Philosophy Professor Jason Alexander has published a new LSE blog article on the life and work of Karl Popper. Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, ...

Kuhn vs Popper: The struggle for the soul of science by Steve Fuller, Icon, £9.99, ISBN 1840464682 Reviewed by Ray Percival COULD you think about science without considering the conflict between the ...

Sir Karl Popper (1902–94) is certainly among the most influential philosophers of science in the 20th century, as well as an important critic of Marxism, but his reputation is still under ...

This article chronicles the difficulties that methodologists of economics have had in introducing Karl Popper's philosophy to their fellow economists. It presents some general reasons for the problem ...