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Popper and classical liberalism
Author(s) -
Shearmur Jeremy
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00325
Subject(s) - liberalism , classical liberalism , character (mathematics) , epistemology , public sphere , philosophy , karl popper , positive economics , sociology , economics , political science , law , mathematics , politics , geometry
Popper was not part of the revival of classical liberalism, but many of his ideas have implications for classical liberals. His arguments about the significance of markets as learning mechanisms, about the character of knowledge, about the evaluation of theories in the ‘public sphere’ and his critique of ‘justificationism’ are of particular importance.