Knowledge and the shaping of reality: the search for a better world
p. 3
On knowledge and ignorance
p. 30
On the so-called sources of knowledge
p. 44
Science and criticism
p. 52
The logic of the social sciences
p. 64
Against big words (A letter not originally intended for publication)
p. 82
On history
Books and thoughts: Europe's first publication
p. 99
Appendix: On a little-known chapter of Mediterranean history
p. 107
On culture clash
p. 117
Immanuel Kant: the philosopher of the Enlightenment (A lecture to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Kant's death)
p. 126
Emancipation through knowledge
p. 137
Public opinion and liberal principles
p. 151
An objective theory of historical understanding
p. 161
Von den Neuesten... zusammengestohlen aus Verschiedenem, Diesem und Jenen
How I see philosophy (Stolen from Fritz Waismann and from one of the first men to land on the moon)
p. 173
Toleration and intellectual responsibility (Stolen from Xenophanes and from Voltaire)
p. 188
What does the West believe in? (Stolen from the author of The Open Society)
p. 204
Creative self-criticism in science and art (Stolen from Beethoven's sketch books)
p. 223
Appendix
p. 233
Name index
p. 236
Subject index
p. 241
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