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Born
Karl Raimund Popper was raised in a Jewish household. His father Simon was a lawyer, and Jenny, his mother interests were in philosophy and music. Karl, known as a bookworm, became intrigued by social and political issues. Cite: “PHILOSOPHER KARL POPPER DIES.” Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/09/19/philosopher-karl-popper-dies/552cb60c-3ff8-421a-b10e-f64d288509e1/. -
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University of Vienna
Focus in mathematics and theoretical physics. Around 1919 Popper became more curious about left-wing politics to the point where Marxist ideology was flirted with until he eventually distanced himself from the doctrine. Popper would subsequently come across Albert Einstein's unique perspective on the world. One of which does not revolve around prominent figureheads of that time, such as Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Alfred Adler. Eventually Completed his PhD in Philosophy. -
Karl's first book
Published: Logik der Forschung (The Logic of Research)
English version 1959, retitled: The Logic of Scientific Discovery Cite: Thornton, Stephen, "Karl Popper", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL= https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/ -
First Professor Job at Canterbury University College
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The Poverty of Historicism
Originally released in 1944, but updated and published as a book in 1957. Shea, Brendan. "Popper, Karl: Philosophy of Science | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, iep.utm.edu/pop-sci/. -
The Open Society and its Enemies
Poppers criticism of totalitarianism. Cite:
Thornton, Stephen, "Karl Popper", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL= https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/ -
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Professor at London School of Economics
Cite: Thornton, Stephen, "Karl Popper", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL= https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/ -
Conjectures and Refutations
Using Einsteins General Theory of Relativity as a reference of how to frame a criterion of falsifiability. Cite:
“Popper: Refutation and Confirmation.” Bertie.ccsu.edu, bertie.ccsu.edu/naturesci/PhilSci/PopperArticle.html. -
Death
At the Age of 92