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Karl Popper is Born
Karl Popper is born on July 28th, 1902, in Vienna, Austria. Karl is the youngest of three children. Karls parents, Simon Popper, a wealthy lawyer and Jenny Schiff, a pianist. The house was engulfed in scholarly literature and classical music, which young Karl engaged with. -
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Karl Popper's Young Adult Life
Karl found that high school was dull and too slow paced. At sixteen, Karl enrolled in the University of Vienna, only to listen to the lectures. It was at this same time that Austria was losing the first World War, plunging many of its citizens into extreme poverty. Karl aligned with Marxist Concepts and eventually Communism. This phase did not last long, leaving the political party noting that Communist leaders were unnecessarily violent and did not care about the lives of the working class. -
Karl Popper Publishes "The Logic of Scientific Discovery"
Karl Popper's most notable contribution to Philosophy of Science, Theory of Falsifiability, is published in Popper's book, "The Logic of Scientific Discovery." -
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Karl Popper Contribution to Philosophy to Science
Though initially being released in 1934, it wasn't until the republishing that other academics thoroughly analyzed the concepts. In Popper’s book, Popper criticizes psychologism, naturalism, inductivism, and logical positivism. He disputed that scientific theories are different from non-scientific theories and pseudo-science. This distinction is the result of one having falsifiable claims about the world. -
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Karl Popper Contribution to Philosophy of Science
Karl Popper’s contributions to science are important because they changed the way that scientific experimentation is conducted. Previous methods often relied on developing experiments to prove their beliefs. By conducting experiments that attempt to falsify a theory, you eliminate the possibilities moving the researcher closer to the real answer. -
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Karl Popper Contribution to Philosophy of Science
Popper put forward a "solution" to the issue of induction by determining that induction is not needed in the scientific method. "The method of science is to propose conjectural theories which are then submitted to rigorous tests in the attempt to falsify them" (Sankey). Theories which fail these tests should be rejected. Theories which pass these attempts to disprove them may be accepted tentatively, but are not proven to be true. -
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Karl Popper Contribution to Philosophy of Science
This theory does come with its own criticisms. Scientific theories related to evolutionary biology, historical geology, and psychology fail to meet the criterion, thus can be argued to be non-science. Falsification is criticized for only applying to physics and nothing else. -
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Karl Popper Begins Teaching
After studying mathematics, physics, and psychology at the University of Vienna, Karl began teaching Philosophy at the Canterbury University College, New Zealand. In 1945 Karl became a professor of Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics. -
Karl Popper Republishes "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" in English
Karl Popper's re-releases his most influential book "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" in English. This enabled more scientists to analyze his work. -
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Citations Cont.
Truman, C N. “Marxist Concepts.” History Learning Site, 2015, www.historylearningsite.co.uk/sociology/theories-in-sociology/marxist-concepts/. -
Citations
Britannica, Editors. “Karl Popper.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 30 Apr. 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Popper.
CrashCourse. “Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8.” YouTube, YouTube, 28 Mar. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Xfl0JdTQ.
Sankey, Howard. “Karl Popper - Bibliography.” PhilPapers, philpapers.org/browse/karl-popper.
The Doc. “Home.” Famous Scientists, 2 Sept. 2016, www.famousscientists.org/karl-popper/.
