Karl Popper
philosopher
scientific statements must be falsifiable
skeptics of his contribution
historians
past scientists didnt use falsification
philosophical objections
accused of turning the approach on its head
science
new, daring and critical
ex: Newton, Einstein, Gallileo, Kepler and Bohr
nonscience
accepting and predicting true
ex: Aristarchus and Copernicus
boldness of predicting aspects
accepting hypotheses true
Marxism
Psychoanalysis