Karl Popper and the Social Sciences

Index

Adorno,Theodore, 127n2 Akerlof, George, 79 Analytical Marxism. See Marxism Anti-essentialism, 7 Arrow, Kenneth, 69 Ayer, A. J., 24 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 38, 53 Beliefs, inadequacy of situational analysis for explaining formation of, 100–103 Berlin, Isaiah, 81 Bewley,Truman, 79–80 Bhaduri, Amit, 60 Bhaskar, Roy, 39, 40, 127n9 “Bucket theory of mind,” 26, 124n6 Bunge, Mario, 61 Capital, 88, 129n6 Carnap, Rudolf, 24 Causation Popper’s views on, 42–43, 58, 127n3 positivism’s stance toward, 25 Champion, Rafe, 47 Charlemagne, 109 Churchill, Winston, 29, 104 Class conflict, Popper’s interpretation of Marx’s analysis of, 92–93 Cohen, G. A., 94 “Cold” belief distortions, 112–113 Collectivism, methodological. See methodological collectivism Communist parties, Popper’s analysis of “inner contradictions” of, 78–79, 128n5 Comte, August, 24, 129n2 Conjectures and Refutations, 130n9 Conspiracy theories of society Marx’s influence on Popper’s critique of, 93 Popper’s critique of, 14–15 Copernicus, Nicolaus, 38 Correspondence theory of truth,Tarski’s, 53 Covering laws. See laws, universal Critical theory, 127n2 Deductive-nomological explanations, 25 Democritus, 28, 129n3 Desires inadequacy of situational analysis for explaining formation of, 100–103 irrational, 131n3, 132n8 Determinism, Popper’s rejection of, 48–49, 85 Dialectical materialism, 130n9 Downs, Anthony, 72–73 Duverger’s law, 128n4 Economic Theory of Democracy, An, 72 Economic theory, situational analysis and, 3–4, 59–80, 128n1 Economics, behavioral, 79–80 Edmonds, David, 132n6 Einstein, Albert, 31 Elster, Jon, 4, 62, 94, 95, 100, 106–107, 111, 112, 113–119, 124n10, 132n7, 132n9, 132n10 Emotivism, 126n2 Empiricism Popper’s critique of, 26–27 positivism and, 25 Essentialism, 32 141 Index “Everyday Calvinism,” 116 “Everyday Kantianism,” 116, 132n10 Evolutionary theory, 123n3 (chap. 1) Falsifiability, 5 genesis of Popper’s concept of, 123n1 (chap. 1) Marxism’s lack of, 84–85 situational analysis and, 53–58 unity of scientific method and, 53–58 Farr, James, 9, 46, 124n7, 128n4 Feigl, Herbert, 24 Frank, Robert, 79 Free market, emergence of, 14 Free will, 3, 28, 48–52, 58 “Free-rider” problem, 70–71 Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 128n7 Galileo, Galilei, 38, 50–51, 110 Gellner, Ernest, 127n4 Giordano, Bruno, 45 Habermas, Jurgen, 127n2 Hacking, Ian, 43 Hacohen, Malachi Haim, 2, 127n3, 128n3 Havel, Vaclav, 1 Hayek, Friedrich von, 7, 66, 81 Hegel, G.W.F. historicism of, 87, 129n2, 130n7 Marx’s methodology, impact on, 96–97 methodological collectivism of, 19, 20 Popper’s political critique of, 81, 129n1, 129n2 Hempe1, Carl, 24, 42, 127n1 Hermeneutic circle, 29, 57 Hermeneutics. See interpretive social science Hestrom, Peter, 60 Historical inquiry, situational analysis as method of, 11, 127n3 Historical materialism analytical Marxism and, 130n8 Popper’s views on, 87–88, 129n6 Historicism, 19 “Moore’s Law” and, 129n4 Popper’s critique of, 85–90, 129n2, 130n7, 130n9 Hitler, Adolph, 14 “Hot” belief distortions, 112–113 Hume, David, 26–27 Idealism, 29–30 Indeterminism, 28 Induction, Popper’s solution to the problem of, 26–27 Instrumental action, 62 Interpretation, parallels with analyzing metaphysical theories, 28–29 Interpretive social science, 55–58, 121–122, 128n7 Introduction to Karl Marx, An, 132n7 “Iron law of oligarchy,” 46 Irrational action, 104–110, 115–119 Irrational beliefs, “cold” and “hot” belief distortions, 112–113 Irrational beliefs, 110–113, 115–119 Isaac, Jeffery, 39, 127n9 Japan, 126n8 Jarvie, Ian, 60, 132n9 Kahneman, Daniel, 79, 112 Kant, Immanuel, 31 Kaufmann, Walter, 129n1 Koertge, Noretta, 11 Kolakowski, Leszek, 24 Lakatos, Imre, 81 Laws, universal, 5 covering-laws, role in Popper’s philosophy of science, 42–43, 58 covering-laws, role in positivist explanation, 25 “governing regularities” compared with “phenomenal regularities,” 88 Popper’s distinction between trends and, 85 situational analysis and, 47–48 situational analysis as method for unpacking social regularities, 76–77 social explanation and, 43–47, 54–55, 121–122 Learned Elders of Zion, 14 142 INDEX Lipset, Seymour, 46 Little, Daniel, 88, 94–98, 130n8 Logic of Collective Action, The, 69 Logic of Scientific Discovery, The, 42 Lukes, Steven, 16, 124n9 Mach, Ernst, 25 Magee, Bryan, 81 Magical thinking, 116–117 Making Sense of Marx, 132n7 Mao Zedong, 1 Marginal utility theory, 61, 62–65 Marx, Karl, 81–89 conspiracy theories, critique of, 15 dialectical reasoning, Popper’s critique of, 130n9 historicism, Popper’s charge of harmful effects of, 129n2 methodological collectivism, Popper ’s critique of Marx’s, 124n10 Popper, influence on, 3–4, 59, 81–98 wishful thinking, predictions marred by, 111–112, 132n7 Marxism analytical Marxism...