Fallibilism Democracy and the Market: The Meta-Theoretical Foundations of Popper's Political Philosophy

by Calvin Hayes

Overview

In Fallibilism Democracy and the Market, Calvin Hayes proposes an original solution to the major meta-theoretical issue in moral philosophy, the is-ought problem, then utilizes it to define and/or solve practical problems in both applied ethics and public policy. The solution and its applications are based on a unified theory of rationality applicable to epistemology, ethics and public policy, predicated on a revised Popperian fallibilism. It is intended as a defense of Karl Popper's political philosophy but only after a substantial revision of its theoretical and meta-theoretical basis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761819967
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1955
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 8.66(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Calvin Hayes is a Teaching Assistant at Brock University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Fallibilism and the Mirror of Reason:
Chapter 4 Karl Popper's Copernican Revolution
Chapter 5 Popper's P-T-A Model of Rationality
Chapter 6 The Re-Normalization of Epistemology
Chapter 7 Cosmology, Ontology and Metaphysics
Chapter 8 Does "Know" mean "Know"?
Chapter 9 Popper, Positivism and Politics:
Chapter 10 Karl Popper's Political Philosophy
Chapter 11 How is Moral Criticism Possible?
Chapter 12 How to Deduce an "Is" from an "Ought"
Chapter 13 MacIntyre's Critique of Liberal Individualism
Chapter 14 Pareto, Plato and Popper's PTA Model of Rationality:
Chapter 15 The End of History and the Last Man
Chapter 16 The "Prince" and Popper
Chapter 17 The Family, Property Rights and the State
Chapter 18 Postscript
Chapter 19 Bibliography
Chapter 20 Index

Editorial Reviews

Hayes argues that a formal and structural analogy exists between Alasdair MacIntypre's denial that morality can be justified on rational grounds, and Karl Popper's denial that an epistemology/methodology can justify cognitive claims to distinguish genuine from bogus knowledge. Both need to be solved, he says, by some type of revisionist Popperian fallibilism. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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