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Birth
Karl Popper was born in Vienna, Austria. Through his lifetime he became the most influential philosopher of the 20th century. Hacohen, Malachi, and Karl Milford. "Karl Popper: The Formative Years, 1902–1945; Politics and Philosophy in Interwar Vienna." History of Philosophy of Science. Springer, Dordrecht, 2002. 399-404. -
First Publication: Logik der Forschung (Logic of Scientific Discovery).
In 1934 Karl Popper published his first book under title Logik der Forschung. His book was very well received and he argued against Vienna circle that science should adapt to methodology base on falsifiability. Popper argued that theories are never verifiable yet they are always only falsifiable. In this book he also explained problem of induction, criterion of demarcation, the importance of falsification. Popper, Karl. The logic of scientific discovery. Routledge, 2005. -
The Poverty of Historicism
At first in 1936 Popper wrote The Poverty of Historicism as a paper. It was not until 1957 that his paper got upgraded to a book. In this book Popper argues that the idea of historicism is dangerous and denies fundamental ideas that historicism has. One of the ideas of historicism that Popper denies in this book is that it just attempts to form predictive and explanatory laws. Popper, Karl. The poverty of historicism. Routledge, 2013. -
Conjectures and Refutations
This by far was the most popular work published by Popper. In this book Popper explains that science can never explain or prove something true. Popper states that science can only prove things false. He explained why the scientific community should not see theories as a complete truth. Popper, Karl. Conjectures and refutations: The growth of scientific knowledge. routledge, 2014. -
Realism and the Aim of Science
This book was first volume of the Postscript. In this book Popper explains non-justification theory of knowledge and that science only tries to make explanatory theories true but can never prove or justify the theory to be true or right. Popper expresses his belief that even if the theory is true science must continue to question and criticize it. Popper, Karl, and William W. Bartley III. Realism and the aim of science: From the postscript to the logic of scientific discovery. Routledge,2013. -
Death
Popper died on 17th of September, 1994 due to complications with cancer. He is most famously known for distinguishing science from non-science also known as pseudoscience and continued to work on philosophy of science almost up to his death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Xfl0JdTQ Hacohen, Malachi, and Karl Milford. "Karl Popper: The Formative Years, 1902–1945; Politics and Philosophy in Interwar Vienna." History of Philosophy of Science. Springer, Dordrecht, 2002. 399-404