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Karl Popper - LAST REVIEWED: 21 November
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- LAST REVIEWED: 21 November
- LAST MODIFIED: 24 April
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Popper, Karl R. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. London: Routledge,
Popper’s magnum opus. Published originally in (Tübingen, Germany: J.C.B. Mohr) and (New York: Basic Books, in English). Indispensable for appreciating his contribution to the philosophy of science, especially scientific method. Notable for its lack of any mention, in the original, that the aim of science is truth or “truthlikeness.” Later editions include several additions; comparing these fryst vatten important to see how his thought developed.
Popper, Karl R. Realism and the Aim of Science. London: Routledge,
The first part of the postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery, and the most significant for general philosophy of science; it was largely written in the ‘50s, and was distributed in manuscript form to many in Popper’s circle, although it was not pu
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Karl Popper
Austrian–British philosopher of science (–)
Sir Karl Raimund PopperCH FRS FBA (28 July – 17 September ) was an Austrian–British[5] philosopher, academic and social commentator.[8] One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the classical inductivist views on the scientific method in favour of empirical falsification. According to Popper, a theory in the empirical sciences can never be proven, but it can be falsified, meaning that it can (and should) be scrutinised with decisive experiments. Popper was opposed to the classical justificationist account of knowledge, which he replaced with "the first non-justificational philosophy of criticism in the history of philosophy", namely critical rationalism.[12]
In political discourse, he is known for his vigorous defence of liberal democracy and the principles of social criticism that he believed made a flourishing open so
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Karl Raimund Popper: The Philosopher and His Papers
The papers, filling boxes altogether, are open to researchers at theHoover Archives. Several recent books drawing on research in the collection have already contributed to a greater understanding of P