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Antony de Jasay° "...nobody has shown that there are only two possibilities, capitalism and socialism" [142] Karl Popper 1 Critical rationalism that its founder describes as "the minimum concession to irrationalism" [232] requires that no proposition should be held immune form criticism, -- not even the proposition that all genuine propositions are open to criticism. One can therefore scarcely do less, in homage to Sir Karl Popper, than to e x p o s e his propositions to the acid of the very method of which he is the champion. These reflexions are meant to be a critical commentary, of Popperian inspiration, on the political philosophy which, though not properly his (for P o p p e r has n e v e r set out to d e v e l o p a political p h i l o s o p h y of his o w n ) , nonetheless accords closely with his obiter dicta on the social predicament and his critique of some Hegelian and Marxian positions. In his own mind they amount to "a kind of critical introduction to the philosophy of society and of politics" [259]· G e n u
Journal des Économistes et des Études Humaines – de Gruyter
Published: Dec 1, 1991
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