A philosopher's apprentice : : in Karl Popper's workshop / / Joseph Agassi.

• Superior document: Series in the philosophy of Karl R. Popper and critical rationalism ; 5
• Author: Agassi, Joseph.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: Rev., extended and annotated ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des kritischen Rationalismus ; Bd. 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Both a Popper biography and an autobiography, Agassi's A Philosopher's Apprentice tells the riveting story of his intellectual formation in 1950's London, a young brilliant philosopher struggling with an intellectual giant - father, mentor, and rival, all at the same time. His subsequent rebellion and declaration of independence leads to a painful break, never to be completely healed. No other writer has Agassi's psychological insight into Popper, and no other book captures like this one the intellectual excitement around the Popper circle in the 1950's and the struggles of the 1960's and 1970's - personal, academic, political, all important philosophically. Agassi's Popper - whether one agrees with it or not - is an enormous contribution to scholarship. This second revised edition includes also Popper's and Agassi's last correspondence and, in a postscript it shows Agassi leafing through Popper's archives, reaching a sort of reconciliation, an appropriate ending to the drama. A must read." – Malachi Hacohen, Duke University.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- ABSTRACT -- TO THE SECOND EDITION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- PROLOGUE -- CORRESPONDENCE WITH PROFESSOR SIR ERNST GOMBRICH -- PRELUDE -- ENTERING KARL POPPER’S FAMOUS SEMINAR -- THE MASTER’S CLASS -- AT THE FEET OF THE GREAT THINKER -- THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS FRIENDS AND PEERS -- THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS WORKSHOP -- THE OPEN SOCIETY, ITS MENTALITY AND STYLE -- THE MATTER OF INTELLECTUAL LEADERSHIP -- EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF PHILOSOPHY -- POSTSCRIPT -- APPENDICES -- RUSSELL ON “LOGICAL” POSITIVISM -- POPPER VERSUS THE “VIENNA CIRCLE” -- CARNAP AND REICHENBACH IN RETROSPECT -- THE PICTURE “IN ESSENTIALS” -- THE HERITAGE OF “VIENNA CIRCLE” -- ORDINARY LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY -- NAILS ON THE SOCRATIC PROBLEM -- POPPER ON XENOPHANES -- LETTERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS.