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Agassi had written widely on global politics and on the methodology to implement global politics. His methodology was consistently procedural, without having requests for systematic procedures. His demands from those who design global politics are minimalist: small methodological changes may lead to
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An advocate of Popper's philosophy with variations, Agassi ignored many of the problems that concern some philosophers of science, chiefly that of theory choice. The problems of the philosophy of technology engaged him, including the problem of choosing scientific theories and ideas worthy of
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Agassi also proposed to bring global problems to public agendas for discussions in different forums, in particular in workshops where discussions are held with an agreed-upon agenda: the agenda, said Agassi, should be discussed and set by the participants prior to the discussion.
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The flimsy excuse – the notion that Israel belongs to the Jewish people and not to the Israeli nation – is the very threat to its independence. It is therefore imperative that Israel should recognize its nation as separate and different from the Jewish
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Agassi's prime interest was in science, metaphysics, and politics. He took it that philosophy is nothing if not rationalist. For over fifty years he studied the rationality of science, metaphysics, and democratic politics.
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Between Faith and Nationality: Towards an Israeli National Identity, Tel-Aviv: Papirus, Tel-Aviv University, 1984. Second Edition, Revised and enlarged, 1993. English translation, 1999.
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Psychiatric Diagnosis: Proceedings of an International Interdisciplinary Interschool Symposium, Bielefeld Universität, 1978, Philadelphia: Balaban Intl. Science Service, 1981. 184 pp.
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Letters to My Sister Concerning Contemporary Philosophy, Omer: Sarah Batz, 1976 1977. New enlarged edition, Tel-Aviv, Yedioth Aharonoth Books and Chemed Books, 2000.
503:(with Moshe Berent, and Judith Buber Agassi), Israeli National Awareness, Discussion Paper No. 11–88, 1988. Sapir Center for Development, Tel-Aviv University. 275:'s granddaughter – from 1949 until her death in 2018. Together they had two children, Aaron, and Tirzah, who died of cancer in March 2008. Agassi resided in 237: 663: 560:(With Robert S. Cohen), Scientific Philosophy Today: Essays in Honor of Mario Bunge, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 67, 1982. 503 pp. 515:
The History of Modern Philosophy from Bacon to Kant (1600–1800): An Introduction. Tel-Aviv: Ramot, Tel-Aviv University, 1993 and reprints.
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Agassi had expressed criticism against the settler movement and advocated for Israel to "separate" from the worldwide Jewish community:
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J. A., Judith Buber Agassi and Moshe Berent, Who is an Israeli? Rehovot: Kivunim, 1991. A variant of the Discussion Paper.
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Hebrew Translation of Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies, Jerusalem, Shalem Publications, forthcoming, 2005.
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Agassi was born into a haredi family who lived in Jerusalem's Buchari neighborhood. In his youth studied in the
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Michael Segre, Accademia e società, Conversazioni con Joseph Agassi, Rubbatino Editore, 2004, 129 pages.
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and creation of a Constitution already in 1948. Agassi was very much influenced by these views.
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Scienza, metodolgia e societá, edited by Michael Segre, Roma: Luiss Edizioni, 2000. 186 pp.
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Albert Einstein: Unity and Diversity, Israeli Ministry of Defense, 1989, 1994, and 2000.
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La filosofia e l'individuo – Come un filosofo della scienza vede la vita
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The Continuing Revolution: A History of Physics From The Greeks to Einstein
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The Role of the Philosopher among the Scientists: Nuisance or Necessity?
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An Introduction to Modern Philosophy, Israeli Ministry of Defense, 1996.
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Science and Its History: A Reassessment of the Historiography of Science
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The Gentle Art of Philosophical Polemics: Selected Reviews and Comments
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Liberal Nationalism for Israel: Towards an Israeli National Identity
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On the Limits of Scientific Explanation: Hempel and Evans-Pritchard
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Liberal Nationalism for Israel: Towards an Israeli National Identity
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The Philosophy of Technology, Israeli Ministry of Defense, 1990.
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in Canada. He had dual appointments in the last positions with
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Ng, Margaret (2017), Bar-Am, Nimrod; Gattei, Stefano (eds.),
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Brundtland Report (1987) Or, The Logic of Awesome Decisions
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Deconstructing Post-Modernism: Gellner and Crocodile Dundee
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Science in Flux, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
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Liberal Nationalism (Chapters from the book in Russian)
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Towards an Historiography of Science, History and Theory
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Science and Society: Studies in the Sociology of Science
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Towards an Historiography of Science, History and Theory
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Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: Popper's Popular Critics
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The Siblinghood of Humanity: Introduction to Philosophy
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Neo-Classical Economics as 18th Century Theory of Man
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A Philosopher's Apprentice: In Karl Popper's Workshop
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Agassi taught in the Department of Philosophy of the
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The Philosophy of Practical Affairs: An Introduction
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yeshiva in Jerusalem. Later he left religious life.
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Grefen Publishing House. p. 105. 743:The Interface of Philosophy and Physics 821: 722:Tautology and Testability in Economics 597:Can Adults Become Genuinely Bilingual? 459:Philosophy from a Skeptical Perspective 420:, Delmar NY: Caravan Press, 1990, 1991. 748:The Ivory Tower and the Seat of Power 477:, Lexington Books, November 14, 2022. 7: 632:Jacob Katz on Jewish Social History 577:A Note on Smith's Term "Naturalism" 383:, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1977. 313:who advocated severely limiting the 47:adding citations to reliable sources 707:Science Education Without Pressure 482:Games to Play and Games not to Play 214: 763:The Novelty of Chomsky's Theories 14: 798:Variations on the Liar's Paradox 758:The Last Refuge of the Scoundrel 687:On the open grave of Hillel Kook 452:A Critical Rationalist Aesthetics 773:The Philosophy of Science Today 363:Faraday as a Natural Philosopher 292:application and implementation. 182: 23: 717:Summary of AFOS Workshop, 1994 657:Liberal Nationalism for Israel 407:, LaSalle IL: Open Court, 1988. 34:needs additional citations for 547:, Di Renzo Editore, Roma, 2005 371:, Dordrecht, Reidel, 28, 1975. 359:, New York: McGraw Hill, 1968. 1: 857:10.1007/978-3-319-57669-5_20 808:Who Discovered Boyle's Law? 582:Anthropomorphism in Science 16:Israeli academic (1927–2023) 617:Dissertation without tears 389:, Boston Studies, 65, 1981. 993: 977:Philosophers of technology 753:The Lakatosian Revolution 652:Liberal Forensic Medicine 426:, Basel: Birkhäuser, 1993. 414:, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1990. 401:, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1985. 395:, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1983. 330:large-scale achievements. 227:London School of Economics 957:Scientists from Jerusalem 132: 886:Agassi, Joseph (1999). 788:To Save Verisimilitude 667:Movies Seen Many Times 602:Causality and Medicine 256:Personal life and death 234:University of Hong Kong 457:(with Abraham Meidan) 410:(with Nathaniel Laor) 307: 238:University of Illinois 967:Critical rationalists 952:Israeli philosophers 942:People from Herzliya 849:Encouraging Openness 712:Scientific Literacy 450:(with I. 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Jarvie) 43:improve this article 738:The Heuristic Bent 445:Science and Culture 269:Judith Buber Agassi 250:Tel Aviv University 702:Rights and Reason 697:Quanta in Context 622:Halakha and Agada 267:He was married to 225:and taught at the 866:978-3-319-57668-8 480:(with Uri Weiss) 242:Boston University 175: 174: 119: 118: 111: 93: 984: 904: 903: 883: 877: 876: 875: 873: 840: 834: 833: 826: 627:Israeli Judaism 532:Books in Italian 343:Books in English 309:He was close to 296:Israeli politics 216: 208: 207: 204: 203: 200: 197: 194: 191: 188: 170: 158: 156: 137: 123: 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 992: 991: 987: 986: 985: 983: 982: 981: 962:Popper scholars 922: 921: 913: 908: 907: 900: 885: 884: 880: 871: 869: 867: 842: 841: 837: 831: 827: 823: 818: 813: 803:Verisimilitude 573: 554: 543:Joseph Agassi, 534: 491: 489:Books in Hebrew 345: 340: 327: 325:Global politics 315:Right of Return 298: 285: 258: 246:York University 185: 181: 168: 167:22 January 2023 154: 152: 151: 150: 149:Joseph Birnbaum 140: 128: 115: 104: 98: 95: 58:"Joseph Agassi" 52: 50: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 990: 988: 980: 979: 974: 969: 964: 959: 954: 949: 944: 939: 934: 924: 923: 920: 919: 912: 911:External links 909: 906: 905: 899:978-1296041007 898: 878: 865: 835: 820: 819: 817: 814: 812: 811: 806: 801: 796: 791: 786: 781: 776: 771: 766: 761: 756: 751: 746: 741: 736: 731: 725: 720: 715: 710: 705: 700: 695: 690: 685: 680: 677:One Palestine 675: 670: 665: 660: 655: 650: 645: 640: 635: 630: 625: 620: 615: 610: 605: 600: 595: 592:Bye Bye Weber 590: 585: 580: 574: 572: 569: 568: 567: 564: 561: 558: 553: 550: 549: 548: 541: 538: 533: 530: 529: 528: 525: 522: 519: 516: 513: 510: 507: 504: 501: 498: 495: 490: 487: 486: 485: 478: 472: 462: 455: 448: 442: 436: 427: 421: 415: 408: 402: 396: 390: 384: 378: 372: 366: 360: 352: 344: 341: 339: 336: 326: 323: 297: 294: 284: 281: 257: 254: 173: 172: 171:(aged 95) 165: 161: 160: 148: 146: 142: 141: 139:Agassi in 2007 138: 130: 129: 126: 117: 116: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 989: 978: 975: 973: 970: 968: 965: 963: 960: 958: 955: 953: 950: 948: 945: 943: 940: 938: 935: 933: 930: 929: 927: 918: 915: 914: 910: 901: 895: 891: 890: 882: 879: 868: 862: 858: 854: 850: 846: 839: 836: 830: 825: 822: 815: 810: 807: 805: 802: 800: 797: 795: 792: 790: 787: 785: 782: 780: 777: 775: 772: 770: 767: 765: 762: 760: 757: 755: 752: 750: 747: 745: 742: 740: 737: 735: 732: 729: 726: 724: 721: 719: 716: 714: 711: 709: 706: 704: 701: 699: 696: 694: 691: 689: 686: 684: 681: 679: 676: 674: 671: 669: 666: 664: 661: 659: 656: 654: 651: 649: 646: 644: 641: 639: 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 624: 621: 619: 616: 614: 611: 609: 606: 604: 601: 599: 596: 594: 591: 589: 587:Brainwashing 586: 584: 581: 579: 576: 575: 571:Online papers 570: 565: 562: 559: 556: 555: 551: 546: 542: 539: 536: 535: 531: 526: 523: 520: 517: 514: 511: 508: 505: 502: 499: 496: 493: 492: 488: 483: 479: 476: 473: 470: 466: 463: 460: 456: 453: 449: 446: 443: 440: 437: 435: 431: 428: 425: 422: 419: 416: 413: 409: 406: 403: 400: 397: 394: 391: 388: 385: 382: 379: 376: 373: 370: 367: 364: 361: 358: 357: 353: 350: 347: 346: 342: 337: 335: 331: 324: 322: 320: 319:Hebrew Nation 316: 312: 306: 301: 295: 293: 289: 282: 280: 278: 274: 270: 265: 263: 255: 253: 251: 247: 243: 239: 235: 230: 228: 224: 220: 212: 206: 179: 178:Joseph Agassi 166: 162: 147: 143: 136: 131: 127:Joseph Agassi 124: 121: 113: 110: 102: 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 44: 38: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 888: 881: 872:18 September 870:, retrieved 848: 838: 824: 637:Karl Popper 552:Books edited 544: 481: 474: 468: 464: 458: 451: 444: 438: 429: 423: 417: 411: 404: 398: 392: 386: 380: 374: 368: 362: 355: 348: 338:Publications 332: 328: 317:, forming a 308: 303: 299: 290: 286: 273:Martin Buber 266: 262:Mercaz haRav 259: 231: 177: 176: 169:(2023-01-22) 120: 105: 96: 86: 79: 72: 65: 53: 41:Please help 36:verification 33: 937:2023 deaths 932:1927 births 832:(in Hebrew) 311:Hillel Kook 223:Karl Popper 926:Categories 816:References 283:Philosophy 159:7 May 1927 155:1927-05-07 99:April 2020 69:newspapers 917:Home page 215:יוסף אגסי 434:Contents 277:Herzliya 271:– 730:The Gro 305:people. 83:scholar 896:  863:  244:, and 211:Hebrew 85:  78:  71:  64:  56:  219:logic 90:JSTOR 76:books 894:ISBN 874:2022 861:ISBN 164:Died 145:Born 62:news 853:doi 45:by 928:: 859:, 847:, 252:. 240:, 229:. 213:: 209:; 902:. 855:: 471:) 205:/ 202:i 199:s 196:ə 193:ɡ 190:æ 187:ˈ 184:/ 180:( 157:) 153:( 112:) 106:( 101:) 97:( 87:· 80:· 73:· 66:· 39:.

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/ˈæɡəsi/
Hebrew
logic
Karl Popper
London School of Economics
University of Hong Kong
University of Illinois
Boston University
York University
Tel Aviv University
Mercaz haRav
Judith Buber Agassi
Martin Buber
Herzliya
Hillel Kook
Right of Return
Hebrew Nation
The Continuing Revolution: A History of Physics From The Greeks to Einstein

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