아산 냉전자유주의 프로젝트 5권. 칼 포퍼는 20세기 가장 중요한 사상가 중 한 명이자 많은 논란을 불러일으킨 사상가다. 오늘날 그는 과학철학과 사상사에 기여한 인물로 가장 잘 알려져 있다. 이 책에서는 우선 포퍼의 생애와 연구에 대해 전반적으로 짚어본다.
그리고 당대에는 그의 글이 어떻게 받아들여졌는지, 또 지금까지도 이어지고 있는, 특히 21세기 영미 정치철학과 그의 연구 간의 관련성에 대해 살펴본다. 이 글이 포퍼의 사상에 익숙하지 않은 독자들뿐 아니라 포퍼 사상에 이해가 깊은 학자들에게도 도움을 줄 것이다.
한국어판 서문· ······································5
감사의 말···········································12
|1| 지적 생애······································· 17
태동기· ·········································19
교육전문학교·····································26
비트겐슈타인과 비엔나학파· ························31
전쟁하듯 쓴 책····································41
이후 시기· ·······································49
|2| 포퍼의 사상· ···································59
포퍼의 인식론· ···································61
과학에서 사회과학으로·····························77
사회과학에서 정치학으로···························99
열린사회·······································124
|3| 포퍼 철학의 수용과 그 영향····················135
포퍼와 버크, 이성의 오류 가능성· ···················146
급진적 정치, 급진적 철학· ·························154
신우파의 부상과 포퍼· ····························167
이데올로기에 대한 결론· ··························177
|4| 포퍼 철학의 현대적 함의·······················180
결론· ··········································202
Bibliography·······································206
