(P/B) THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

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In a letter of 1932, Karl Popper described Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie - The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge - as a child of crises, above all of the crisis of physics.
Finally available in English, it is a major contribution to the philosophy of science, epistemology and twentieth century philosophy generally.
The two fundamental problems of knowledge that lie at the centre of the book are the problem of induction, that although we are able to observe only a limited number of particular events, science nevertheless advances unrestricted universal statements; and the problem of demarcation, which asks for a separating line between empirical science and non-science.
Popper seeks to solve these two basic problems with his celebrated theory of falsifiability, arguing that the inferences made in science are not inductive but deductive; science does not start with observations and proceed to generalise them but with problems, which it attacks with bold conjectures.
The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge is essential reading for anyone interested in Karl Popper, in the history and philosophy of science, and in the methods and theories of science itself. (From the publisher)

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EDITOR'S FOREWORD
PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE TO THE FIRST GERMAN EDITION, 1978
INTRODUCTION
EXPOSITION
THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTIONS (EXPERIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS)
The two fundamental problems of the theory of knowledge
Volume I
THE PROBLEM OF DEMARCATION (EXPERIENCE AND METAPHYSIS)
The two fundamental problems of the theory of knowledge
Volume II (Fragments)
FRAGMENTS 1932
FRAGMENTS 1933
Appendix
Summary excerpt from the two fundamental
Problems of the theory of knowledge
INDEX OF NAMES
INDEX OF SUBJECTS