Original scientific paper

SOROS’ INTERPRETATION OF POPPER’S SCIENTIFIC-POLITICAL THEORY

Ivor Altaras Penda ; HR-10000 Zagreb, Mrazovićeva 10, Croatia

Abstract

The author looks into the thesis about the cognitive-theoretical
and scientific-political congruence of George Soros’ and Karl Popper’s
thinking. Although Popper is considered to be the originator of
the idea and the concept of the open society while George Soros is
thought of as a practitioner who attempted to implement the idea, the
author nevertheless points out an array of dissimilarities between
these two major thinkers of the 20th century and claims that the assumed identicalness cannot be convincingly defended. On the contrary, though it is possible to glean several potential reasons why Soros took up philanthropy, the desire to put Popper’s concept into
practice is not the most important one among them. Thus he concludes that their close relationship can be primarily explained at the level of emotive generosity, the result of very similar life experiences.

Keywords

Soros; Popper; open society; scientific and political theory

Hrčak ID:

20147

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/20147

Publication date:

20.6.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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