A Philosopher's Apprentice : In Karl Popper's Workshop.

Both a Popper biography and an autobiography, Agassi's A Philosopher's Apprentice tells the riveting story of his intellectual formation in 1950s London, a young brilliant philosopher struggling with an intellectual giant - father, mentor, and rival, all at the same time. His subsequent re...

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Main Author: Agassi, Joseph.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2008.

Series: Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus / Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism 5.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: B1649.P64 A64 2008

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • ABSTRACT
  • TO THE SECOND EDITION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • PROLOGUE
  • CORRESPONDENCE WITH PROFESSOR SIR ERNST GOMBRICH
  • PRELUDE
  • ENTERING KARL POPPER'S FAMOUS SEMINAR
  • THE MASTER'S CLASS
  • AT THE FEET OF THE GREAT THINKER
  • THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS FRIENDS AND PEERS
  • THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS WORKSHOP
  • THE OPEN SOCIETY, ITS MENTALITY AND STYLE
  • THE MATTER OF INTELLECTUAL LEADERSHIP
  • EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF PHILOSOPHY
  • POSTSCRIPT
  • APPENDICES
  • RUSSELL ON "LOGICAL" POSITIVISM
  • POPPER VERSUS THE "VIENNA CIRCLE"
  • CARNAP AND REICHENBACH IN RETROSPECT
  • THE PICTURE "IN ESSENTIALS"
  • THE HERITAGE OF "VIENNA CIRCLE"
  • ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY
  • NAILS ON THE SOCRATIC PROBLEM
  • POPPER ON XENOPHANES
  • LETTERS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • GLOSSARY
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • INDEX OF SUBJECTS.