Part I. The Philosophy of Science: 1. The two fundamental problems in the theory of knowledge; 2. The role of theories; 3. On the problem of a theory of scientific method; 4. The problem of the empirical basis; 5. Corroboration; 6. Realism and the concept of truth; 7. Verisimilitude; 8. Probability; Part II. The Social Philosophy: 9. Knowledge, decision, responsibility; 10. The poverty of historicism; 11. The open society; 12. The 'positivist dispute'; Part III. Metaphysics: 13. Natural necessity; 14. Determinism versus indeterminism; 15. The body-mind problem and the third world.

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Herbert Keuth's book is a systematic exposition of Popper's philosophy.

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Herbert Keuth is Professor of Philosophy of Science at Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen.

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