"Replies to my critics"

Popper's historical background

20th century most important philoshper of science

Popper's main ideas

concept of "falsifiability"

Bold ideas must take the risk of being false

example of Copernicus or Aristarch

Opponents of Popper's ideas

Scientific opponents

Skeptics believe that great changes didn't come through "falsifiability"

Philosophical Opponents

for turning the "logical postivism" approach on its head

The difference bet. empirical & non science

Empirical science must include: -boldness of guessing - boldness of predicting

The situation of Marxism and psychoanalysis