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Karl Popper is Born
Karl Raimund Popper was born in Vienna, Austria. He will become one of the most influential figures in scientific and social philosophy -
Inspiration from Einstein
The way in which Einstein conducted his research truly impacted Popper. He was willing to take various perspectives into account and discard his own theory to determine whether it was true or not. This inspired Popper's falsifiability notion. -
Popper Publishes his first book!
Popper's first published book in the philosophy of science was Logik der Forschung. It was translated into English under the title The Logic of Scientific Discovery in 1959 (Shea). This is when Popper introduced his ideas on falsifiability. He pushed scientists to test their theories, not prove them. -
Demarcation
Popper argued that a clear distinction must be made between what is science and what is not. Popper was a massive critic of induction and argued that it could never be used in science. Pure observation is not sufficient for accurate results. He believed that no one methodology of problem-solving was sufficient for discovery in the field of science -
Science vs. Pseudoscience
This is a video that details Popper's theories:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Xfl0JdTQ -
References
Thornton, Stephen, "Karl Popper", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2019 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2019/entries/popper/ -
Popper Dies
Karl Popper died on September 17th, 1994, in Croydon, England. He reached the impressive age of 92! He was an outstanding writer and philosopher credited with his impactful force in science, economics, and politics.