The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery

by Bartley, III,W.W.

• ISBN13: 9780415078658
• ISBN10: 0415078652
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1992-04-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Open Universeis the centerpiece of the argument of thePostscript.Popper argues in simple language for the freedom, creativity, and rationality of mankind.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword	xi
Acknowledgements	xvii
Preface 1982	xix
Kinds of Determinism	1	(28)
Determinism: Religious, `Scientific,' and Metaphysical	62	(1)
Why-Questions. Causality and `Scientific' Determinism	63	(1)
The Principle of Accountability	64	(1)
The Study of Behaviour and the Principle of Accountability	65	(1)
Critical Temperatures and the All-or-Nothing Principle	66	(1)
Clocks and Clouds	67	(1)
Arguments for Determinism from Psychology	68	(1)
The Determinist Picture of the World	69	(1)
The Burden of Proof	70
`Scientific' Determinism	29	(12)
Prima Facie Determinism of Classical Physics Laplace's Demon	71	(1)
The Idea of `Scientific' Determinism: Predicability from Within	72	(1)
Two Definitions of `Scientific' Determinism	73	(1)
Does `Scientific' Determinism follow from a prima facie deterministic Theory?	74	(1)
A Result of Hadamard's	75
The Case for Indeterminism	41	(46)
Why I am an Indeterminist: Theories as Nets	76	(1)
Comparison with Kant's View	77	(1)
Is Classical Physics Accountable?	78	(1)
The Past and the Future	79	(1)
The Verdict of Special Relativity	80	(1)
Historical Prediction and the Growth of Knowledge	81	(1)
Predicting the Growth of Theoretical Knowledge	82	(1)
The Impossibility of Self-Prediction	83	(1)
The Refutation of `Scientific' Determinism	84	(1)
An Argument of St. Augustine's Descartes's and Haldance's	85	(2)
Metaphysical Issues	87	(26)
The Metaphysical Docrtines of Determinism and Indeterminism	86	(1)
Why I Reject Metaphysical Determinism: A Conversation with Parmenides	87	(1)
The Gain for Science: A Theory of Propensicties	88	(1)
Prima Facie Deterministic Theories and Probabilistic Theories	89	(1)
Lande's Blade	90	(1)
Land's Blade and the Propensity Interpretation	91	(1)
Conclusion	92	(21)
Addenda
Addendum 1: INDETERMINISM IS NOT ENOUGH: AN AFTERWORD	113	(18)
The Worlds 1, 2, and 3
The Reality of the Three Worlds
The Reality of Worlds 1 and 2
The Reality and Partial Autonomy of World 3
The Human Situation and the Natural World
Determinism and Indeterminism in Physics
Indeterminism Is Not Enough
Determinism and Naturalism
The Open Unicerse
Addendum 2: SCIENTIFIC REDUCTION AND THE ESSENTIAL INCOMPLETENESS OF ALL SCIENCE	131	(32)
Addendum 3: FURTHER REMARKS ON REDUCTION, 1981	163	(12)
Indicdes	175