KARL POPPER'S 'CONJECTURING AND REFUTING':
THE PHILOSOPHER'S CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, AND REWORK
POPPER, Karl.
A substantial archive of books and associated working papers from one of the most important philosophers of modernity; from the archive of his assistant, Dr Ivan Slade.
London et al., 1960s–1970s.
A substantial archive of books and associated manuscript and typescript material, including: copiously annotated ‘master copies’ of the first three editions of Conjectures and refutations, augmented with many manuscript slips inserted or taped, hosting ample reworkings of several sections; annotated master copy of the fifth edition of The Open society, with added manuscript slips; a master copy with manuscript corrections of the first of Objective knowledge; a copy of Popper’s Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie with presentation inscription by Popper’s editor, Professor Troels Edgar Hanson, to Paul Feyerabend; a copy of The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics edited by Bryce DeWitt and Neill Graham, with dedication inscription from DeWitt to Popper and annotations by Popper; a copy of Denbigh’s Three concepts of time with the author’s dedication to Popper; a copy of the second edition of Russell’s History of Western Philosophy with presentation inscription from Popper to Ivan Slade; numerous supplementary manuscript and typescript sheets or cards associated with these works; original print of a large photograph showing Popper with Ivan Slade, David Miller and their secretary, Mrs. Mew.
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A substantial archive of books and associated working papers from one of the most important philosophers of modernity; from the archive of his assistant, Dr Ivan Slade.
An extremely important archive witnessing the development of Karl Popper’s thought and showcasing his writing process, from the library of his former research assistant, Dr Ivan Slade.
‘Karl Popper is generally regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century. He was also a social and political philosopher of considerable stature, a self-professed “critical-rationalist”, a dedicated opponent of all forms of scepticism, conventionalism, and relativism in science and in human affairs generally, a committed advocate and staunch defender of the “Open Society”, and an implacable critic of totalitarianism in all of its forms’ (Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy).
This important group of annotated and supplemented copies of Popper’s books records some critical moments in the thought and composition process of one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century, and sheds lights on some of the exchanges that bore formative reciprocal influence on him and other contemporary thinkers. Logic, theory of mind, ethics, and politics are foremost in the range of topics here highlighted, reflecting Popper’s main concerns: ‘I believe it is the duty of every intellectual to be aware of the privileged position he is in. He has a duty to write as simply and clearly as he can, and in as civilized a manner as he can; and never to forget either the great problems that beset mankind and demand new and bold but patient thought, or the Socratic modesty of the man who knows how little he knows’ (How I See Philosophy).
The material modifications to these books, particularly Conjectures and Refutations and the Open Society, physically demonstrate the belief in the process of continuous correction which underlies Popper’s understanding of the nature of progress, and which is captured in the very title of Conjectures and Refutations.
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