1st Edition
Our Knowledge of the Growth of Knowledge Popper or Wittgenstein?
By Peter Munz
Copyright 1985
366 Pages
by
Routledge
366 Pages
by
Routledge
366 Pages
by
Routledge
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Peter Munz, a former student of both Popper and Wittgenstein, begins his comparison of the two great twentieth-century philosophers, by explaining that since the demise of positivism there have emerged, broadly speaking, two philosophical options: Wittgenstein, with the absolute relativism of his theory that meaning is a function of language games and that social configurations are determinants... Read more
Preface; Introduction 1. The Historicity of Knowledge 2. The Conditions of Historical Knowledge 3. Historical Circularity 4. Closed Circles 5. The Defence of Closed Circles 6. Evolutionary Epistemology 7. The Evolution of Evolution; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index
Biography
Peter Munz
