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Karl Popper, In the Beginning
Karl Popper received his PhD in Philosophy in 1928. His dissertation, On the Problem of Method in the Psychology of Thinking, dealt mainly with the psychology of thought and discovery. During writing his dissertation he came to the understanding that the study of logic over the study of subjective thought processes would become a sentiment that helped to become his primary focus in his more advanced work in the philosophy of science. -
Karl Popper, Logik der Forschung
Karl Popper was 32 when his Logik der Forschung was published in Vienna in 1934. This was considered his first major work in the philosophy of science. Popper stayed in Vienna until 1937, but his intellectual prosperity would end there with the rise of Nazism. He fled to Christchurch, New Zealand and took a teaching position at Canterbury University College and stayed there throughout World War II. During this time, his major work was on articles that made up The Poverty of Historicism. -
Karl Popper,The Logic of Scientific Discoveries
Karl Popper translated his book into English under the title The Logic of Scientific Discoveries in 1959. The book offered his comprehensive account of scientific methodology and how falsification is important to science. Karl Popper believed that our knowledge develops through "falsification". A theory or thought shouldn't be designated as scientific unless it could be proven false. For a simple interpretation, a video has been attached below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-sGqBsWv4 -
Karl Popper, In Conclusion
Karl Popper was considered to be one of the most instrumental philosophers of science of the 20th century. He has made substantial contributions to arguments concerning broad scientific methodology and choices in theory, the demarcation of science from non-science, the nature of probability and quantum mechanics, and the methodology of the social sciences. Popper’s work is significant for its effect on the philosophy of science, science itself, and the larger social context.
