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Karl Popper is born in Vienna
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Attended University of Vienna
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“Die Methodenfrage der Denkpsychologie”
Poppers received his doctorate in 1928 for his dissertation "Die Methodenfrage der Denkpsychologie" which translates to "The methodological question of thought psychology". Thornton, Stephen, "Karl Popper", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2018 Edition)
Zur Methodenfrage der Denkpsychologie, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Vienna, unpublished, 1928 -
The Open Society and Its Enemies
Due to the annexation of Austria in 1938, Karl Popper readjusted his efforts towards political philosophy and created his first book. Ripping into totalitarian ideologies and Plato interpreters. Thornton, Stephen, "Karl Popper", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2018 Edition)
The Open Society and Its Enemies (2 Volumes), London: Routledge, 1945 -
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Once settled in London, he became a professor of logic and scientific method. In 1959 he gave the science community one of the classic and influential books, The Logic of Scientific Discovery. In this book he tackled important theories such as falsification as well as inductive and deductive reasoning. Thornton, Stephen, "Karl Popper", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2018 Edition)
The Logic of Scientific Discovery, translation of Logik der Forschung, London: Hutchinson, 1959 -
Sir Karl Popper's Death
Living a long life as well as being knighted, Sir Karl Popper passed away on September 17, 1994 -
Summary
Sir Karl Popper paved the way for new era of science. Through his theories of falsification and his ways of deductive logic over inductive probabilities, he sought after the right answer rather than the chance of it being correct.