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Scope and Content Note
Title: Sir Karl Raimund Popper papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1995
Collection Number: 86039
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description:
575 manuscript boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 2 card file boxes, 2 AV trays, 28 envelopes, 4 sound cassettes, 11 sound discs
(248.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs relating to philosophy, the
nature of knowledge, the philosophy of culture, the philosophy and methodology of science, and the philosophy of history and
the social sciences.
Creator:
Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Microfilm use only except for boxes 584-586. Materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are
audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986, with increments added at a later date.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sir Karl R. Popper papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1902 July 28 |
Born, Vienna, Austria |
1926 |
Ph.D., University of Vienna |
1930 |
Married Josefine Anne Henninger (1906-1985) |
1934 |
Author,
Logik der Forschung
|
1930-1935 |
Schoolteacher, Vienna |
1937-1945 |
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Canterbury University College, University of New Zealand, Christchurch |
1945 |
Author,
The Open Society and Its Enemies
|
1945-1949 |
Reader in Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, England |
1949-1969 |
Professor of Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London |
1954 |
Author,
Miseria dello storicismo
|
1962 |
Author,
Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
|
1965 |
Knighted |
1972 |
Author,
Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach
|
1976 |
Author,
Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography
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1977 |
Co-author (with John C. Eccles),
The Self and Its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism
|
1979 |
Author,
Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie
|
1982-1983 |
Author,
Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery
|
1983 |
Author,
A Pocket Popper
|
1984 |
Author,
Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt
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1986- |
Head, Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fur Wissenschaftstheorie, Vienna |
Scope and Content Note
Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, printed matter, phonotapes, phonorecords, and photographs, relating to philosophy,
the nature of knowledge, the philosophy of culture, the philosophy and methodology of science, and the philosophy of history
and the social sciences.
Described in two groups: the original collection (Boxes 1-463) and incremental materials acquired at a later date (Boxes 464-584).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Sound recordings
Philosophy
History -- Philosophy
Science -- Philosophy
Social sciences -- Philosophy
Philosophers
Knowledge, Theory of
Science -- Methodology
Civilization -- Philosophy