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Birth
Karl was born in Vienna Austria his father was a lawyer and his mother was a pianist, and was the youngest of three children. His family was wealthy, and although they we not religious they practiced Lutheranism to be accepted in the community. -
Einstien vs. Marx
Karl was comparing Einstein and Marxism, because he was interested in their way of thinking. Karl liked that Einstein was willing to accept that his theory of relativity as false even though Einstein found evidence to support his claim. Marxism, Karl noticed that fallowers would think Marxism isn't wrong even with evidence shows it doesn't make economic sense. -
Falsification
After comparing Marx and Einstein, Karl was creating a way of thinking that separates science form pseudoscience called demarcation. He developed The Logic of Discovery book that explains demarcation. Karl argues that science that can be proven false is in fact science while claims that can not be proven false is pseudoscience. By falsifying theories in science it expands the amount of information scientists had before. They try a new angle and create more answers. -
Scientific Method
Karl believed that when making a hypothesis it starts with an idea that is not certain. The hypothesis is experimented on to see if its true. If what is discovered has no way to proven false then Karl believes it is not science. These experiments in turn has the goal to have scientists have a better understanding of the world. -
Death
Karl Popper past away in Croydon United Kingdom when he was 92.
His ashes were sent to Vienna. -