Karl Popper

The Birth of Karl Popper

Jul 28, 1902

On July 28, 1902, in Vienna Austria, British Philosopher Karl Popper was born to his mother, Jenny Schiff, a talented amateur pianist and his father, Simon Siegmund Carl Popper, a wealthy, successful lawyer. Popper was the youngest of his two sisters, Dora and Annie.
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Lectures at the University of Vienna

1918

At age 16, Popper began to attend lectures at the University of Vienna, not to study for a degree, but simply to attend lectures he thought would be interesting and worthwhile. He did not need to pass an entrance exam to do this.

First Publication

1934

1934 Logik der Forschung was published and certainly grabbed attention from members of the Vienna circle and beyond. Popper exposed a flaw in the logical foundations of science by showing that scientific theories can never be wholly verified. Popper solved this problem by demonstrating that scientific theories are actually tested by falsification, not verification. According to Popper, science can be distinguished from pseudoscience by the concept of falsification using observations/experiments.

Conjectures and Refutations

1963

Popper went further on with his publication of, Conjectures and Refutations, arguing that science can never prove things to be true by what has been known since Hume as the “problem of induction.” It can only prove them to be false. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3xCdX7RwhQ

Autobiography

1976

His intellectual autobiography Unended Quest gives a detailed account of Popper’s evolving views, especially as they relate to the philosophy of science.

Rest in Paradise

Sep 17, 1994

Karl Popper lived a long life and later passed in London of cancer complications on 17 September 1994. He was cremated and his ashes laid in his wife's grave at Lainzer Friedhof, Vienna.