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29Interview: Joseph AgassiTransversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science 1. 2016.Joseph Agassi is an Israeli scholar born in Jerusalem on May 7, 1927. He has many books and articles published contributing to the fields of logic, scientific method, foundations of sciences, epistemology and, most importantly for this Journal, in the historiography of science. He studied with Karl Popper, who was definitely his biggest influence. He taught around the world in different universities. He currently lives in Herzliya, Israel. For his important contribution to the historiography of …Read more
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Epistemological and Methodological Concerns of Feminist Social ScientistsBoston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 162 153-153. 1995.
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322Versions of DeterminismMεtascience: Scientific General Discourse 2 250-260. 2022.Karl Popper’s “Indeterminism in Quantum Physics and in Classical Physics” suffers unjust neglect. He judged determinism false: the future is open. In principle, replacing Laplace's variant of predetermination with predictable predetermination renders “scientific” determinism scientific and so refutable. Popper claimed that he had refuted it. Now a metaphysical system may have an extension—in the mathematical sense—that may render it explanatory and testable. If it exists, then it is not unique b…Read more
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118Methodological Individualism and Institutional Individualism: A Discussion with Joseph AgassiIn Nathalie Bulle & Francesco Di Iorio (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Methodological Individualism: Volume II, Springer Verlag. pp. 617-631. 2023.This chapter takes the form of a discussion between the editors of this volume and Joseph Agassi, regarding the relationship between methodological individualism and institutional individualism. The focus is on Agassi’s interpretation of traditional methodological individualism in terms of psychologism; the role of institutions and structural factors in social explanation; Popper’s theory of World 3; the application of Weber’s interpretative approach—Verstehen—to typical ways of thinking and act…Read more
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85Mario Bunge: A Centenary Festschrift (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2019.This volume has 41 chapters written to honor the 100th birthday of Mario Bunge. It celebrates the work of this influential Argentine/Canadian physicist and philosopher. Contributions show the value of Bunge’s science-informed philosophy and his systematic approach to philosophical problems. The chapters explore the exceptionally wide spectrum of Bunge’s contributions to: metaphysics, methodology and philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of physics, philosophy of psychology…Read more
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1The Urgent Need for an Intellectual Revolution: Maxwell's VersionIn Leemon McHenry (ed.), Science and the Pursuit of Wisdom: Studies in the Philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell, Ontos Verlag. pp. 111-128. 2009.
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2Book Review: Raymond Aron’s Philosophy of Political Responsibility: Freedom, Democracy, and National Identity by Christopher Adair-Toteff (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 50 (1): 82-88. 2020.
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13Hypotheses and Perspectives in the History and Philosophy of Science: Homage to Alexandre Koyré 1892-1964 (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2017.To commemorate the 50th anniversary of his passing, this special book features studies on Alexandre Koyré, one of the most influential historians of science of the 20th century, who re-evaluated prevalent thinking on the history and philosophy of science. In particular, it explores Koyré’s intellectual matrix and heritage within interdisciplinary fields of historical, epistemological and philosophical scientific thought. Koyré is rightly noted as both a versatile historian on the birth and devel…Read more
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2Book Review: The Quest for Self-Determination (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 13 (1): 126-128. 1983.
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2Book Review: Essential Perplexities, An Inaugural Lecture (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 13 (1): 116-117. 1983.
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8Book Review: Tacit and Explicit Knowledge (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 43 (2): 275-279. 2013.
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7Popper and His Popular Critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre LakatosImprint: Springer. 2014.This volume examines Popper's philosophy by analyzing the criticism of his most popular critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos. They all followed his rejection of the traditional view of science as inductive. Starting from the assumption that Hume's criticism of induction is valid, the book explores the central criticism and objections that these three critics have raised. Their objections have met with great success, are significant and deserve paraphrase. One also may consider …Read more
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4The philosophy of practical affairs: an introductionLexington Books. 2023.This book addresses the problems of everyday life faced by twenty-first-century individuals and explores practical questions central to philosophy of life: What is a good life? What makes a life good or satisfactory? What is the proper aim of life?
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51Popper and His Popular Critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos: AppendixEpistemology and Philosophy of Science 59 (4): 181-188. 2022.Popper’s popular critics – Kuhn, Feyerabend, and Lakatos – replace his older, Wittgenstein-style critics, now defunct. His new critics played with the idea of criticism as beneficial, in vain search of variants of these that could better appeal to the public. Some of their criticism of Popper is valid but marginal for the dispute about rationality. He was Fallibilist; they hedged about it. He viewed learning from experience as learning from error; they were unclear about it. His view resembles F…Read more
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7Replies and Responses IIPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 53 (1): 72-78. 2023.Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Ahead of Print.
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7Replies and Responses IIPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 53 (1): 72-78. 2023.Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Ahead of Print.
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The Hazard Called Education by Joseph AgassiBrill. 2014.Joseph Agassi is known primarily among fellow academics as an exemplary historian and philosopher of science; an ardent critic and disciple of Karl Popper; a critical admirer of the work of Michael Polanyi; and a Socratic fly with the “sting of a bee” for all those who wear the intellectual fashions of the day. To most of Agassi’s students he is known primarily as an exemplary model of the Socratic teacher. The question of most urgency for educators today who care about the intellectual developm…Read more
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3Replies and ResponsesPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 52 (6): 388-392. 2022.Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Ahead of Print.
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3Humor in Philosophical Contexts: Socratic IronyThe Philosophy of Humor Yearbook 1 (1): 185-189. 2020.It is hard to say what the focus of the difficulty here is: the very idea of a sense of proportion or the idea that a sense of humor is an ideal vehicle for it. Both are puzzling. As having the one without the other is quite possible, this is only a feel that the two go well together.
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214Variantes du déterminismeMεtascience: Discours Général Scientifique 2 293-304. 2022.L’article de Karl Popper « Indeterminism in Quantum Physics and in Classical Physics » est tombé injustement dans l’oubli. Popper jugeait le déterminisme faux : l’avenir est ouvert. En principe, remplacer la variante de Laplace de la pré-détermination par une prédétermination prévisible permet de rendre scienti-fique, donc réfutable, le déterminisme « scientifique ». Popper a affirmé qu’il l’avait réfuté. Maintenant, un système métaphysique peut avoir une extension – au sens mathématique – qui l…Read more
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9Comment on WetterstenPhilosophy of the Social Sciences 004839312211004. forthcoming.Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Ahead of Print.
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6Treading Water to Stay in the Same Place*Philosophy of the Social Sciences 51 (6): 600-603. 2021.
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11Treading Water to Stay in the Same PlaceSage Publications Inc: Philosophy of the Social Sciences 51 (6): 600-603. 2021.Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Volume 51, Issue 6, Page 600-603, December 2021.
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17The Way Things Are. By P. W. Bridgman. (Harvard University Press. London: Oxford University Press, 1959. Pp. 325. Price 45s.) (review)Philosophy 35 (135): 374-. 1960.
Joseph Agassi
York University
D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara
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