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by shady el bassiouny 17 years ago

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Karl Popper defining scientific theory

Karl Popper, a renowned philosopher of science, is best known for his principle of falsifiability, which states that for a theory to be considered scientific, it must be testable and capable of being proven false.

Karl Popper defining scientific theory

Karl Popper defining scientific theory

daring conjecture has great risk to be false

Coprunicus's or Aristotle's theory(sun center of universe)
not bold engouh

let accepted appearences alone and made their own theory

Clashed with all accepted views

Kepler

Three laws
They are approximations to the true but not true

Marxism

was science but no longer because it dosen't accept falsification
used immune strategy to protect the theory

Scientist defining scientific statement

Their propositions had to be judged for their truthfulness
Seeking truth

Karl Popper

Defined scientific statment
statement which can be falsified and it doesn't has to be right
most important philospher of science
Great philospher
not scientist

Einestine's theory

said that his theory is better approximation but not true
derived three important predictions of vastly different observable effects
point of view of Einestine is that Newton's theory is false
declared that it may br false
bold theory