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Sir Karl Raimund Popper was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria on July 28, 1902. -
Popper studied mathematics, physics, and psychology at the university of Vienna, and graduated with his doctorate in psychology in 1928 -
Popper is best known for his first book "The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge" and "Logik der Forscung" which contested the Vienna Circles basic concepts but opened doors for Popper because it sparked their interest.
Cited: Popper, Karl. "The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge." London, 2009. -
Popper showed interest in distinguishing between science and other activities but never supported the idea of non-science activities were meaningless. He disapproved of Pseudo-science and believed that the fundamental feature of a scientific theory should be falsifiable. Such as Freud's psychoanalytic theory that Popper contrasted with true science from Einstein. Video of Poppers beliefs of Falsifications explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-sGqBsWv4 -
Popper emigrated to New Zealand to start a lectureship at Canterbury University. Popper stayed in NZ until after World War II and published "Open Society and its Enemies" in 1945. This work of his argues that the spirit of free, critical inquiry that governs scientific investigation should also be applied to politics.
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Short interview of Popper on his book " Open Society and its Enemies": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3r8UUiOppc
Cited: Popper, Karl R. "The Open Society and Its Enemies." Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1971. Print. -
Popper spent the rest of his days living in Britain after obtaining a readership at the London School of Economics. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society and the British Academy, a Membre de I'Institute de France, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1965. -
Popper translated his book "Logik der Forschung" to "The Logic of Scientific Discovery".
Cited: Popper, Karl. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Basic Books, 1959. -
Popper retired from the London School of Economics, but continued to publish his work up until his death. -
Sir Karl Popper died September 17, 1994 in Kenley, United Kingdom.