Podium: An open society needs conflict From the Karl Popper Lecture, delivered at the London School of Economics by the sociologist

From: The Independent - London | Date: December 17, 1998| Author: Ralf Dahrendorf | Copyright information

IS THE Open Society a useful project or an empty concept? Is it an empty shell or a precious stone? Open societies are societies which allow trial and error. This is the simplest definition of the concept. It is in fact the application of Popper's philosophy of knowledge to social, economic and political affairs. We cannot know, we can only guess. Our guesses may be wrong; in fact, proving guesses wrong is what the advancement of knowledge is about.

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