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The Logic of Science
In 1963 Karl Popper published a collection of his major articles as Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge. This book holds twenty- one of this philosophers works dealing with topics in the field of science and philosophy. But before that came one of Karl Popper more notable works ‘The Logic of Scientific Discovery’. -
Discovery
Originally published in 1934 in Vienna, this book contributed to the philosophy of science, science and founded what we know of him today. This book was so notable it got republished in English over twenty years later. -
In our tongue- Written words
In 1959 many more where able to read the words of Popper. Popper rejection of the inductive method in the “Empirical Science” made a large contribution to what we know in the philosophy of science today. In this he talks about those spending to much time defending their solutions. He refutes this, one should spend their time disproving their solution. -
His Fight
Trusting that knowledge grows from experience of the mind Popper claims that science should adopt a method based on falsifiability. He aided in discussions concerning general theory choice and, scientific methodology, the nature of probability and quantum mechanics, the differentiation of science from pseudoscience, and the procedure and steps of the social sciences. -
Karl Popper on Knowledge and Certainty
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The Legacy
Though Popper take on the scientific method has long been diluted and or no longer widely accepted. , while his falsification-based approach to scientific methodology is no longer widely accepted within philosophy dealing with science. Sir Karl Popper laid the ground work in the philosophical world, including that of Lakatos, Feyerabend and Kuhn, as well as modern Bayesianism -
His works
• 1959. The Logic of Scientific Discovery. London: Hutchinson. This is an English translation of Logik der Forschung, Vienna: Springer (1935).
• 1963. Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge. London: Routledge. Fifth edition 1989.
• 1974. The Philosophy of Karl Popper. 2 volumes. La Salle, Ill: Open Court. -
His work and edits
• 1982. The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism. Edited by W. W. Bartley III. London: Routledge.
• 1982. Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics. Edited by W. W. Bartley III. New York: Routledge.
• 1983. Realism and the Aim of Science. Edited by W. W. Bartley III. New York: Routledge