{"product_id":"our-knowledge-of-the-growth-peter-munz-9781138778672","title":"Our Knowledge of the Growth of Knowledge: Popper or Wittgenstein?","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter 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 of knowledge; and Popper's evolutionary epistemology - conscious knowledge is a special case of the relationship which exists between all living beings and their environments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Munz examines and rejects the Wittgensteinian position. Instead, \u003ci\u003eOur Knowledge of the Growth of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1985, elaborates the potentially fruitful link between Popper's critical rationalism and Neo-Darwinism. Read in the light of the latter, Popper's philosophy leads to the transformation of Kant's Transcendental Idealism into 'Hypothetical Realism', whilst the emphasis on the biological orientation of Popper's thought helps to illumine some difficulties in Popper's 'falsificationism'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Munz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138778672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138778672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Peter Munz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086323298559,"sku":"9781138778672","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7acd31c-065c-4c3f-a14d-3fb9ab8fe4a6.jpg?v=1769094034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/our-knowledge-of-the-growth-peter-munz-9781138778672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}