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by marwa salem 17 years ago

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"Replies to my critics"

An influential 20th-century philosopher of science, Karl Popper is renowned for his concept of 'falsifiability,' which asserts that for a theory to be considered scientific, it must be testable and capable of being proven false.

"Replies to my critics"

The difference bet. empirical & non science

The situation of Marxism and psychoanalysis
Empirical science must include: -boldness of guessing - boldness of predicting

Opponents of Popper's ideas

Philosophical Opponents
for turning the "logical postivism" approach on its head
Scientific opponents
Skeptics believe that great changes didn't come through "falsifiability"

Popper's main ideas

example of Copernicus or Aristarch
Bold ideas must take the risk of being false
concept of "falsifiability"

Popper's historical background

20th century most important philoshper of science