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1、Popper,HayekandtheOpenSocietyThisisthefirstbooktocompareKarlPopperandFriedrichHayeksystematic-ally,andcriticallyassesstheircontributiontothepoliticalphilosophyoftheOpenSociety.Hayescomparesandcontraststheirviewsonthreekeyareasrele-vanttotheirpoliticalp
2、hilosophy;firsttheirviewsonscientificmethod,theirviewsonphilosophyofsocialscienceandthentheirmoralphilosophyincludingtheirmeta-ethicalviews.Theauthorfocusesontheircontributionstosocialsciencemethodology,theirethicalviewsaboutnegativeutilitarianismandneg
3、ativerights,andtheircontrastingviewsonutopianism.HefinishesbyarguingthattheirversionsofliberalpoliticalphilosophyarebothimmunetoAlasdairMacIntyre’scritiqueofliberalindividualismandalsomeethischal-lengetotheEnlightenmentProject.Hayes’positionisgenerally
4、controversialinthathedefendsPopperandHayekinareaswheretheyarealmostuniversallycriticized,namelyHayek’snotionofthemeaninglessnessofsocialjusticeandPopper’sclaimthatthereisnoneedforinductionineitherscientificreasoningorcommonsensereasoning.Onemainfindingi
5、nthisbookconcernsthetwomajorproblemsthatbedevilmodernphilosophy:inductionandtheis–oughtproblem.Theauthorproposesanoriginalsolutiontotheis–oughtproblemaswelltotheinfiniteregressproblem.Thisbookishighlyrelevanttocurrentdebatesaboutthepost-ColdWarworldwit
6、himplicationsfordebatesaboutglobalization,modernization,West-ernization,freetrade,theeliminationofpovertyandglobaljustice.Itwillbeofinteresttostudentsandresearchersengagedwithpoliticalphilosophy,meta-ethicaltheory,epistemologyandeconomicmethodology.Ca
7、lvinHayesisProfessoratBrockUniversityinOntario,CanadaandtheauthorofFallibilism,DemocracyandtheMarket.ManyoftheworksofHayekandPopperarepublishedasRoutledgeClassics.Routledgefrontiersofpoliticaleconomy1EquilibriumVersus7Markets,UnemploymentandUnderstand
8、ingEconomicPolicyTowardstherehumanizationofEssaysinhonourofeconomicswithinsocialtheoryGeoffHarcourt,volumetwoMarkAddlesonEditedbyPhilipArestis,GabrielPalmaand2Evolution,OrderandMalcolmSawyerComplexityEditedbyEliasL.Khaliland8SocialEconomyKenne