Popper, Otto Selz and the Rise Of Evolutionary Epistemology

ISBN: 9780521830744

Cambridge University Press 09 February 2003

Hardcover | 264 pages

This book explores Karl Popper’s early writings and argues that his philosophy of science — especially his emphasis on trial and error and falsification — draws significantly on the psychological work of Otto Selz. By demonstrating how Selz’s theory of problem solving and cognitive psychology laid the groundwork for Popper’s evolutionary epistemology, Michel Ter Hark offers new insights into the foundations of Popper’s thought and its continuing relevance for philosophy of science and psychology. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}