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Il futuro è aperto

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Al principio del verano de 1919 en Viena, la policía abría fuego contra una manifestación de jóvenes comunistas causando muertos y heridos. Poco antes, en el mes de mayo, al otro extremo del mundo, una expedición ciéntifica observaba un eclipse solar total que iba a trastocar todas las reglas de la geometría euclidiana. Una sola persona pone en relación estos acontecimientos : el joven vienés de 17 años, Karl Raimund Popper , que asistió al enfrentamiento con la policía vienesa a principios del 19 y también había seguido muy de cerca la observación del eclipse, que confirmaba las heterodoxas teorías de Einstein . En 1903, un año después de Popper , y en la misma ciudad, nacía Konrad Lorenz , etólogo y Premio Nobel en 1973 de filosofía y medicina , con quien el primero trabó, de niño y adolescente, estrechos lazos de amistad. Ya adultos, al emprender sus vidas y sus respectivas carreras científicas caminos divergentes, los dos sabios terminaron por perderse totalmente de vista, hasta el punto de que, décadas después, durante un encuentro científico, Popper tuvo que interpelar a Lorenz de la siguiente manera : «Pero Konrad, si soy Karl !…». La conversación que se reproduce en la primera parte de este libro, y que sostuvieron Popper y Lorenz el 21 de febrero de 1983 ante la chimenea de la residencia de los Lorenz en Altenberg, ilustra a la perfección la notable convergencia de descubrimientos y convicciones a las que, pese a esos largos años de «separación», llegaron estos dos sabios, dando prueba flagrante de la inevitable confluencia de los pensamientos científico y filosófico en nuestro siglo, según los cuales «nada ha existido ya, y ¡todo es posible ! ». Sin embargo, la proximidad entre estos dos universos revela también ciertos desacuerdos de apreciación : por ejemplo en lo que concierne el porvenir de la humanidad . En la segunda parte del libro, el lector encontrará la ponencia que leyó Popper en el simposio organizado en Viena entre el 24 y el 26 de mayo de 1983 con motivo de su ochenta aniversario sobre « Ciencia e hipótesis », « Los tres mundos » y « La sociedad abierta », temas todos ellos que desarrollan los que él había debatido tres meses antes, en una fría tarde de invierno, con su amigo de infancia.

186 pages, Paperback

Published October 30, 2002

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Karl Popper

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Sir Karl Raimund Popper, FRS, rose from a modest background as an assistant cabinet maker and school teacher to become one of the most influential theorists and leading philosophers. Popper commanded international audiences and conversation with him was an intellectual adventure—even if a little rough—animated by a myriad of philosophical problems. He contributed to a field of thought encompassing (among others) political theory, quantum mechanics, logic, scientific method and evolutionary theory.

Popper challenged some of the ruling orthodoxies of philosophy: logical positivism, Marxism, determinism and linguistic philosophy. He argued that there are no subject matters but only problems and our desire to solve them. He said that scientific theories cannot be verified but only tentatively refuted, and that the best philosophy is about profound problems, not word meanings. Isaiah Berlin rightly said that Popper produced one of the most devastating refutations of Marxism. Through his ideas Popper promoted a critical ethos, a world in which the give and take of debate is highly esteemed in the precept that we are all infinitely ignorant, that we differ only in the little bits of knowledge that we do have, and that with some co-operative effort we may get nearer to the truth.

Nearly every first-year philosophy student knows that Popper regarded his solutions to the problems of induction and the demarcation of science from pseudo-science as his greatest contributions. He is less known for the problems of verisimilitude, of probability (a life-long love of his), and of the relationship between the mind and body.

Popper was a Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the British Academy, and Membre de I'Institute de France. He was an Honorary member of the Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics, King's College London, and of Darwin College Cambridge. He was awarded prizes and honours throughout the world, including the Austrian Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold, the Lippincott Award of the American Political Science Association, and the Sonning Prize for merit in work which had furthered European civilization.

Karl Popper was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1965 and invested by her with the Insignia of a Companion of Honour in 1982.

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September 15, 2019
Conhecer o pensamento de Karl Popper é fundamental para falar sobre a Democracia. Este livro já tem sublinhados desde a 1ª vez que o li, e gosto de o manter por perto. É um antídoto contra a mentalidade pessimista com a qual nos deparamos diariamente.
Em forma de uma conversa e um simpósio, aborda os temas da igualdade, liberdade, democracia. O papel do pensamento crítico e do rigor científico na evolução humana, na educação e na cidadania.
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August 24, 2025
"Il vero momento della libertà sta nella indeterminatezza."


Metafisica del linguaggio e problema della conoscenza, razionalismo critico, società chiusa e società aperta, e fallibilità del metodo scientifico sono solo alcuni temi di questa raccolta di scritti brevi di alcuni dei maggiori pensatori austriaci del nostro tempo.
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