The Poverty of Historicism

Karl Popper

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Année: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781135972219
• Édition: 2
• Sujet: Philosophy
• Sous-sujet: Philosophy History & Theory

On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.'
A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all those 'who fell victim to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny.' Short and beautifully written, it has inspired generations of readers, intellectuals and policy makers. One of the most important books on the social sciences since the Second World War, it is a searing insight into the ideas of this great thinker.

Index

• (A page number followed by ‘t’ indicates a page on which a term is explained.)

• abstract, abstraction 70, 72, 74–75, 93n, 126, 129–130
• activism 6–7t, 44, 45, 46–47, 48, 55, 61, 65
• Acton, Lord 57
• Adams, Henry 105n
• ad hoc 95
• adjustment 88
• Alexander the Great 20, 24
• analogy 20, 60, 75, 77
• anthropology 59, 88
• anti-naturalism 2t–3, 17, 26, 56–57, 87, 91; see also essentialism
  • holism
  • organic theory of society a priori 28–29, 86, 88, 102n, 111, 121–122n
• Aristotle 1, 24, 25, 27, 29
• aspect 70–71, 74, 139
• astronomy 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 92–93, 97, 103–104; see also physics
• atomism, atoms 76, 94, 125, 126, 127–128

• Bacon, Francis 92n, 121n
• Bellarmino, Cardinal 122n
• benevolence, dictatorship, and planning 83–84
• Berkeley, Bishop 122n
• Bernal, J. D. 97n
• biology 1, 8, 10, 12, 26, 51, 97–99, 101–102, 116, 124, 130–1...

Table des matières

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Historical Note
• Preface
• Introduction
• I The Anti-Naturalistic Doctrines of Historicism
• II The Pro-Naturalistic Doctrines of Historicism
• III Criticism of the Anti-Naturalistic Doctrines
• IV Criticism of the Pro-Naturalistic Doctrines
• Index