The Political Thought of Karl Popper

Rethinking Popper and His Legacy

“…Shearmur 1996;Fuller 2004), including some of the contributors to RP, would agree with such highly plausible statements. More doubtful, even though it represents the most distinctive contribution of Sassower's interpretation, is the thesis that Popper's views have many important affinities not only with postmodernism, but also with Marx's thought and with feminist philosophy of science.…”

A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand (Second Edition)

“…it was headed by Jeremy Shearmur, who had been a research assistant to Karl Popper, and had originally been appointed to teach political theory in the department of Political Science, before being transferred to philosophy (Shearmur 1988(Shearmur , 1996a(Shearmur , 1996b(Shearmur , 1996c(Shearmur , 1996. Campbell and roeper have now retired, and Thiel moved in 2009 to a chair in Salzburg.…”

The history and ideas of critical rationalism: the philosophy of Karl Popper and its implications for OR

“…This biography is included in Schilpp (1974), which also contains 33 critical essays and Popper's responses. Summaries and evaluations of Popper's life and works can be found in O'Hear (1980), Magee (1985), Williams (1989), Shearmur (1996), Corvi (1997), Hacohen (2000), and Notturno (2003). In Popper's final book, The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality (Popper, 1994), he says that his work has been aimed at defending rationality and rational criticism as a way of thinking and even a way of living: a readiness to listen to critical arguments, to search for one's own mistakes, and to learn from them.…”