: It critiques John Stuart Mill’s "Social Physics" and the challenges of individual liberty.
: Unlike some environmental philosophies that view science as the enemy, this work maintains that critical rationalism can provide a framework for "ecological rationality" where science is a tool for progress rather than a tool for dominance. About the Author Bounds of Freedom: Popper, Liberty and Ecologic...
The book is structured into five key chapters that trace the evolution of liberty and its limits: : It critiques John Stuart Mill’s "Social Physics"
Chaudhury uses Karl Popper’s —a philosophy emphasizing trial-and-error, fallibility, and open discourse—to address the "ecological crisis". Her central aim is to defend responsible ecological thinking without rejecting the benefits of Western science and technology. Her central aim is to defend responsible ecological
: It examines the inherent tensions between these two democratic ideals.
is a Professor of Philosophy at Calcutta University. In the late 1960s, she studied at the London School of Economics under Karl Popper himself, along with other luminaries like Imre Lakatos and John Watkins.