John R. Wettersten: THE ROOTS OF CRITICAL RATIONALISM
Amsterdam/Atlanta, GA 1992. 254 pp.
John Wettersten's book traces the historical and intellectual roots of critical rationalism from the days of the Whewell-Mill classical debate to Popper's work, through the contributions of Johannes Müller, Wilhelm Wundt, Hermann von Helmholtz, Oswald Külpe and the other members of the Würzburg school, especially Karl Bühler, Popper's Doktorvater. The value of the book is in its placement of Popper's philosophy in a historical context which clarifies and elaborates on and explains his concerns and initial problems and their significance in the culture to which he made such important contributions. Special attention is paid to the neglected aspect of his early work, namely the interaction between research in the psychology and the philosophy of learning. It presents the growth of Popper's philosophy from Selzian psychology through his somewhat more positivist phase and back then to the realism which he defended as a young beginner. (Joseph Agassi)
Hb: 978-90-5183-352-2 / 90-5183-352-0
€ 59 / US$ 89
Amsterdam/Atlanta, GA 1992. 254 pp.
John Wettersten's book traces the historical and intellectual roots of critical rationalism from the days of the Whewell-Mill classical debate to Popper's work, through the contributions of Johannes Müller, Wilhelm Wundt, Hermann von Helmholtz, Oswald Külpe and the other members of the Würzburg school, especially Karl Bühler, Popper's Doktorvater. The value of the book is in its placement of Popper's philosophy in a historical context which clarifies and elaborates on and explains his concerns and initial problems and their significance in the culture to which he made such important contributions. Special attention is paid to the neglected aspect of his early work, namely the interaction between research in the psychology and the philosophy of learning. It presents the growth of Popper's philosophy from Selzian psychology through his somewhat more positivist phase and back then to the realism which he defended as a young beginner. (Joseph Agassi)
Hb: 978-90-5183-352-2 / 90-5183-352-0
€ 59 / US$ 89
Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism
Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl. R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus
Herausgegeben von/Edited by Kurt Salamun
Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi
Band III/Volume III
Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl. R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus
Herausgegeben von/Edited by Kurt Salamun
Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi
Band III/Volume III