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    Sir Karl Raimund Popper CH FRS FBA (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator. [6] [7] [8] One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science , [9] [10] [11] Popper is known for his rejection of the classical inductivist views on the scientific method in favour of ...

  2. Nov 13, 1997 · Karl Popper. Karl Popper is generally regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the twentieth century. He was also a social and political philosopher of considerable stature, a self-professed critical-rationalist, a dedicated opponent of all forms of scepticism and relativism in science and in human affairs generally and a ...

  3. Apr 2, 2024 · Karl Popper (born July 28, 1902, Vienna, Austria—died September 17, 1994, Croydon, Greater London, England) was an Austrian-born British philosopher of natural and social science who subscribed to anti-determinist metaphysics, believing that knowledge evolves from experience of the mind.

  4. Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century. He made significant contributions to debates concerning general scientific methodology and theory choice, the demarcation of science from non-science, the nature of probability and quantum mechanics, and the methodology of the social sciences.

  5. Jul 31, 2023 · The Falsification Principle, proposed by Karl Popper, is a way of demarcating science from non-science. It suggests that for a theory to be considered scientific, it must be able to be tested and conceivably proven false. For example, the hypothesis that “all swans are white” can be falsified by observing a black swan.

  6. Sep 17, 1994 · Karl Popper was an Austrian philosopher, considered one of the most influential of his time. For many scientists, Popper remains the only philosopher with any relevance to what they do. Much of...

  7. “Critical Rationalism” is the name Karl Popper (1902-1994) gave to a modest and self-critical rationalism. He contrasted this view with “uncritical or comprehensive rationalism,” the received justificationist view that only what can be proved by reason and/or experience should be accepted.

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