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Karl Popper 1902-1994

By Dwilmington

  • Born

    Karl popper was born on July 28, 1902, in Vienna, Austria. He was a well renown Philosopher who is well know for saying some some of the greatest scientific discoveries were wrong.

  • Perhaps the most influential text of his career

    His writings called "Conjectures and Refutations" are almost dumbfounding in their ability to make the reader question the validity of such theories as "Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Marx's Theory of History, Freud's Psycho-analysis, and Alfred Alder's so-called 'Individual Psychology'." He simply stated that they were so write they need to be wrong to to limit how right they could be.

  • Karl Popper died on September 17, 1994, Kenley, United Kingdom

    Due to the ideas he spread during his life falsification of information was very differently looked upon.

  • Explaining Karl Popper's "Conjectures and Refutations"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Q6VFHjlaU
    This video explains in more layman's terms what Karl Popper stated in his text: "Conjectures and Refutations"