Karl R. Popper y John C. Eccles, The Self and Its Brain. An Argument for Interactionism

Karl R . Popper

I propose to begin my paper on the logic of the social sciences with two theses which formulate the opposition between our knowledge and our ignorance. First thesis: We know a great deal. And we know not only many details of doubtful intellectual interest but also things which are of considerable practical significance and, what is even more important, which provide us with deep theoretical ins...

Eccles' Model of the Self Controlling Its Brain: The Irrelevance of Dualist-Interactionism

Sir John Eccles wrote that Descartes' dualist-interactionism guided his scientific career, yet his scientific work reached far beyond the bounds of this or any other philosophical proposition. Indeed, the untestable, metaphysical foundation of dualism in all its forms conflict with scientific thinking. Thus, if Eccles had concentrated on spirit as distinct from matter, he would have positioned ...

Karl Popper. Objective Knowledge

Karl Popper – Introduction Sir

Popper commanded international audiences and conversation with him was an intellectual adventure even if a little rough animated by a myriad of philosophical problems. His intense desire to tear away at the veneer of falsity in pursuit of the truth lead him to contribute to a field of thought encompassing (among others) political theory, quantum mechanics, logic, scientific method and evolution...

Karl Popper A Centenary Assessment