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Birth of Popper
Popper was one of the most influential philosophers of science. So much so that scientists use his work to credit their own. "Attitudes toward philosophy among scientists vary, but hardly ever does a philosopher succeed in inspiring scientists in the way Popper has." It is important to mark his birthdate as the starting point of his most important philosophical contribution.
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Ahead of the Game
It is said that Popper found lessons in high school "intolerably boring" and he set out to college earlier than most. "In late 1918, age 16, he left school and matriculated at the University of Vienna, not to study for a degree, but simply to attend lectures he thought would be interesting and worthwhile." The Doc. "Karl Popper." Famous Scientists. famousscientists.org. 2 Sep. 2016. Web 2.famousscientists.org/karl-popper -
"The Open Society and Its Enemies"
"Popper had written mainly about the philosophy of science, but from 1938 until the end of the Second World War he focused his energies on political philosophy, seeking to diagnose the intellectual origins of German and Soviet totalitarianism." Said to be "Brilliant....It remains the best intellectual defence of liberal democracy." -Economist, Popper's book was arguably one of the best in the century. 2021 Princeton University Press. "Overview" (2021). press.princeton.edu -
His Later Years
"Popper was knighted in 1965, and retired from the University of London in 1969, though he remained active as a writer, broadcaster and lecturer until his death in 1994." Popper was one of the most influential philosophers to ever exist, whos work was a major stepping stone and contribution to the philosophy of science. Thorton, Stephen, "Karl Popper", "The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy" (Spring 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/enteries/popper
