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Karl Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994)

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    Karl Popper’s Life

  • Karl Popper’s Growing Period (1918-1919)

    Karl Popper’s Growing Period (1918-1919)
    Karl Popper was a guest student at the University of Vienna and attended a variety of different lectures. Karl Popper also became part of the Social Democratic Party of Austria which fully adopted the Marxist Ideology. Karl Popper references Marxism in his differing of Science and Non-Science.

  • Logik der Forschung (The Logic of Scientific Discovery)

    Logik der Forschung (The Logic of Scientific Discovery)
    In The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Karl Popper answers his question on what distinguishes science from non-science. He introduces the world to his solution with Falsificationism being the answer. Falsificationism is when a hypothesis becomes scientific when it has the potential to be rejected by a possible observation. This concept of never being completely certain that something is true is called Fallibilism. Most philosophers of science accept fallibilism.

  • Conjectures and Refutations

    Conjectures and Refutations
    In Conjectures and Refutations, Karl Popper continues to delve into the importance of Falsificationism. He uses examples through history and modern times to bolster his claim on the importance. Karl Popper talks about using a stream of confirmations instead of Falsificationism will only cloud the truth.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpWsV5eD8HU

  • 1965 International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science

    1965 International Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science
    Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn met in London at the International Colloquium on the Philosophy of Science. The two rival philosophers of that time period talk about their similarities and differences. This conversation elevated their competing philosophies and inspired more conversation from other philosophers.

  • Major Works

    Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994. Conjectures and Refutations : the Growth of Scientific Knowledge Popper, Karl. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Basic Books, 1959 “Post-Kuhnian Models of the Practice of Science.” Philosophyscience2, https://www3.dbu.edu/mitchell/philosophyscience2.htm. Thornton, Stephen. “Karl Popper.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 12 Sept. 2022, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/#Life.