THE LIBERALISM OF KARL POPPER

In: Government & opposition: an international journal of comparative politics, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 337-355

Abstract

THE CORE OF POPPER'S EPISTEMOLOGY IS THAT FALISIFIABILITY BE TREATED AS A CRITERION OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN EMPIRICAL AND NON EMPIRICAL STATEMENTS. THIS FALSIFICATION APPROACH IS DERIVED FROM MILL, WHO ANTICIPATED MUCH OF POPPER. THE LATTER'S WORK SUGGESTS A METAPHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE FOR MILL'S DEFENSE OF LIBERALISM.