Karl Raimund Popper 1902-1994

By Ammercado

  • Karl Popper in Vienna

    Karl Popper in Vienna
    Karl Popper was born in 1902 in Vienna. From 1924 to about 1936 in Vienna, there was a group of logical empiricists who met to discuss reconceptualizing empiricism. Popper in his early years enrolled in the University of Vienna where he lived with a group of socialists and communists and continued the rest of the 1920s gaining teaching qualifications and even a Ph.D. in psychology in 1928. This sets the scene for Popper’s contribution to the philosophy of science.

  • The problem of demarcation

    The problem of demarcation
    Best known for his contribution to the demarcation problem (the distinguishment between science and pseudo-sciences). He was credited for the formulation of the doctrine of falsifiability in which he argues that theories are scientific if they can be refuted by observations. He further explains in his work The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934) where he was critical of the inductive method logical empiricists argued also.
    Popper on induction:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3xCdX7RwhQ

  • The Logic of Scientific Discovery

    The Logic of Scientific Discovery
    Popper, Karl Raimund. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. 1 ed, Adfo Books, 1934.

  • Feedback on the Logic of Scientific Discovery

    Feedback on the Logic of Scientific Discovery
    Although the political climate in Austria worsened in 1935, Popper’s work was well-received by the scientific community including scientists like Albert Einstein. Falsifiability became a guide for scientific behavior. He argued that it was never possible to confirm a theory and that it was much easier to find ways to falsify a theory rather than try to “prove” it. A good theory was a testable one that prohibited something.

  • Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

    Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
    Popper, Karl. Conjectures et Réfutations. Payot, 1962.

  • Influence on scientific methodology

    Influence on scientific methodology
    Karl Popper became one of the most influential philosophers concerning the debates on scientific methodology and theory choice. He shed light on science being progressive when there is continual testing of accepted theories. Karl Popper was not only influential outside of the debates of the philosophy of science, but he was also an advocate of liberal causes, among other things. Popper eventually retired professionally from teaching in 1969.