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Birth
Karl Raimund Popper was born on 28 July 1902 to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. -
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Karl Popper's Life
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Ph.D. Dissertation
1928, Zur Methodenfrage der Denkpsychologie, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Vienna, unpublished. -
Logik der Forschung
Karl Popper’s Logik der Forschung (The Logic of Scientific Discovery) was originally published in German in 1935 and later rewritten in English in 1959. In this piece, Popper initiates his notion of falsifiability, which would go on to shake up the scientific world of the time. 1935, Logik der Forschung, Vienna: Julius Springer Verlag. -
“The Poverty of Historicism”
In his 1944 paper, The Poverty of Historicism, Popper raises many critiques of historicism and fundamental problems he has with the ways history is portrayed. 1944–45, “The Poverty of Historicism”, Economica, Part 1, 11(42): 86–103; Part II, 11(43): 119–137; Part III, 12(46): 69–89. doi:10.2307/2549642 doi:10.2307/2550285 doi:10.2307/2549898 -
The Open Society and Its Enemies
In this work, written during World War II, Karl Popper presents a defense of open society and liberal democracy. 1945, The Open Society and Its Enemies, 2 volumes, London: Routledge. Republished 1966. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. -
Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
1963, Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge, London: Routledge. -
Knighted
In 1965, Karl Popper was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (the current queen of England). -
Of Clouds and Clocks: An Approach to the Problem of Rationality and the Freedom of Man
1966, Of Clouds and Clocks: An Approach to the Problem of Rationality and the Freedom of Man. Washington, DC: Washington University Press. -
Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject
1967 [1972], “Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject”, in Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science III, B. Van Rootselaar and J. F. Staal (eds.), (Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics 52), Amsterdam: Elsevier, 333–373. Reprinted in Popper 1972a: 106–152. doi:10.1016/S0049-237X(08)71204-7 -
On the Theory of the Objective Mind
1968 [1972], “On the Theory of the Objective Mind”, Akten des XIV. Internationalen Kongresses für Philosophie, vol. i, Vienna, 25–53. Translated and expanded in 1972a: 153–190. -
A Realist View of Logic, Physics, and History
1970 [1972], “A Realist View of Logic, Physics, and History”, in Physics, Logic and History, W. Yougrau and A. D. Breck (eds), Plenum Press, 1–30. Reprinted in Popper 1972a: 285–318. -
Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach
1972 [1979], Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach, Oxford: Clarendon Press. -
Two Faces of Common Sense: An Argument for Commonsense Realism and Against the commonsense Theory of Knowledge
1972b, “Two Faces of Common Sense: An Argument for Commonsense Realism and Against the commonsense Theory of Knowledge”, in 1972a: 32–105. -
The Self and Its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism
1977, The Self and Its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism, with John C. Eccles, London: Springer International. doi:10.4324/9780203537480 -
The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism
1982, The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism, W.W. Bartley III (ed.), London: Hutchinson. -
Realism and the Aim of Science
1983, Realism and the Aim of Science, W.W. Bartley III (ed.), London: Hutchinson. -
Death
Karl Popper died on September 17, 1994, in Kenley, United Kingdom. -
Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8
This video seeks to summarize Karl Popper's contributions to science and philosophy in 9 minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Xfl0JdTQ