Karl Popper Timeline

By Kyle Swartz

  • The birth of Karl Popper

    The birth of Karl Popper
    Karl Popper was born in Vienna, Austria on July 28, 1902. He would go on to become one of the most influential British philosophers of natural and social science and believed that the experience of the mind is what evolved ones knowledge. "Karl Popper | Biography, Books, Theory, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2018, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Popper. Accessed 14 Oct 2018.

  • Karl Popper's First Book "Logik der Forschung"

    Karl Popper's First Book "Logik der Forschung"
    His first book of his works in philosophy called "Logik der Forschung" or (The Logic of Scientific Discovery), Popper rejected the empirilistic and developmental histocrism of the publishers of the time, Vienna Circle of Logical Positivists published his work. Popper believed that the more applicable a theory, the greater its value and the more likely to get accepted through the scientific process. "The Logic Of Scientific Discovery | Work By Popper". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2018

  • Karl Popper's 2nd Book, "The Open Society and its Enemies"

    Karl Popper's 2nd Book, "The Open Society and its Enemies"
    His book "The Open Society and its Enemies" 1945, where he defines an open society as one that "is characterized by institutions which make it possible to exercise the same virtues in the pragmatic pursuit of solutions to social and political problems"(Haworth, 2002). The enemies on the other hand are defined as the "Holism" approach of Plato where Popper believes their is no rational state. Haworth, Alan. "‘The Open Society’ Revisited | Issue 38 | Philosophy Now". Philosophynow.Org, 2018,

  • Karl Popper's third book "The Poverty of Histocrism"

    Karl Popper's third book "The Poverty of Histocrism"
    Karl Popper's third book "The Poverty of Historicism" was first published in 1957 where he criticizes the fundamental aspects of historicism where he defines it as "an approach to the social sciences which assumes the historical prediction is their principle aim"(Popper, 1957). Popper, Karl. Poverty Of Historicism. Routledge, 2015.

  • Interview of Karl Popper with Anthony Quinton 1988

    In this interview with Karl Popper from 1988, Popper explains his take on knowledge and certainty. https://youtu.be/jXVCaV8T5wE

  • Karl Popper's Death

    Karl Popper's Death
    Karl Popper died in London, England on September 17, 1994 at the age of 92 leaving a legacy of his works in the philosophy of science, natural and social, as well as political, which has help shape science in to the understandings that applicable and general theories, would be more likely to be accepted by societal ranks pushing science forward without precise rationality that he believes does not truly exist.