Books

First UK edition of vol. I, first US of II and III, each volume a presentation copy to the British physicist Michael Redhead, inscribed in the year of publication on the front free endpaper of each, "To Michael Redhead from Karl Popper", and dated respectively "14-3-83", "13-8-82", and "12-8-82". Redhead (1929-2020) was a colleague of Popper's at the London School of Economics. Redhead was greatly influenced by Popper's work, a testament to Popper's influence both within the philosophy of science, and on the methods of practising scientists. Redhead published an article, "Popper and Quantum Theory", in 1995. Presentation sets to the same recipient are very scarce in commerce, due to the gap between publication, and a history of inscribed sets being broken up. Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery is one of the major works on determinism and indeterminism, Popper's three-part postscript to his first published book, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1935 in German, 1959 English). Although the culmination of Popper's work in the philosophy of physics, the Postscript took almost three decades to be published. Originally intended as appendices to a later edition of The Logic of Scientific Discovery, the three works grew into a fully fledged work which actually exceeded in length The Logic of Scientific Discovery. In 1956-7 the Postscript was all set to be published and already existed in the form of galley proofs, but because of his deteriorating eyesight Popper was never able to proof-read the galleys and the whole project remained on hold for 25 years. Three works, octavo. Original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt. With dust jackets (vol. II in UK edition jacket). Minor ink sidelining in a few instances by recipient. Jackets lightly toned with minor edgewear and a few peripheral closed tears, prices intact; a very good set.

In this book, Karl Popper provides a comprehensive account of his philosophy of science, challenging the traditional inductive approach to scientific inquiry.