TY - BOOK AU - Popper,Karl R. TI - In search of a better world: lectures and essays from thirty years SN - 0415087740 AV - B1649.P633 A9413 1992 U1 - ARCH YNDC 192 P831S PY - 1992/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Philosophy N1 - Translation of: Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; A summary by way of a preface; Translator's acknowledgements; On knowledge; Knowledge and the shaping of reality: the search for a better world; On knowledge and ignorance; On the so-called sources of knowledge; Science and criticism; Logic of the social sciences; Against big words (A letter not originally intended for publication); On history; Books and thoughts: Europe's first publication; Appendix: On a little-known chapter of Mediterranean history; On culture clash; Immanuel Kant: the philosopher of the Enlightenment (A lecture to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Kant's death); Emancipation through knowledge; Public opinion and liberal principles; An objective theory of historical understanding; Von den Neuesten... zusammengestohlen aus Verschiedenem, Diesem und Jenen; How I see philosophy (Stolen from Fritz Waismann and from one of the first men to land on the moon); Toleration and intellectual responsibility (Stolen from Xenophanes and from Voltaire); What does the West believe in? (Stolen from the author of The Open Society); Creative self-criticism in science and art (Stolen from Beethoven's sketch books); Appendix; Name index; Subject index ER -