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Pronunciation: [kˈɑːl pˈɒpə] (IPA)

Karl Popper, an Austrian-British philosopher, was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. He is widely known for his contribution to the philosophy of science, where he introduced the concept of falsifiability. His ideas are still being widely discussed by scientists and scholars alike. Some synonyms for Karl Popper are philosopher, thinker, scientist, epistemologist, and critical rationalist. He is also known for his works like "The Open Society and Its Enemies," "Conjectures and Refutations," and "The Logic of Scientific Discovery." Popper's ideas have truly revolutionized the way we look at science and its limits.
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  • When we seek a textbook case for the proper operation of science, the correction of certain error offers far more promise than the establishment of probable truth. Confirmed hunches, of course, are more upbeat than discredited hypotheses. Since the worst traditions of “popular” writing falsely equate instruction with sweetness and light, our promotional literature abounds with insipid tales in the heroic mode, although tough stories of disappointment and loss give deeper insight into a methodology that the celebrated philosopher Karl Popper once labeled as “conjecture and refutation.”
    Stephen Jay Gould
  • According to the most influential twentieth-century philosopher of science, Karl Popper, a theory is scientific only in so far as it is falsifiable, and should be given up as soon as it has been falsified. By this standard, the theories of Darwin and Einstein should never have been accepted.
    John Gray (philosopher)
  • “When the bones of prehistoric animals began to be discovered and scrutinized in the nineteenth century, there were those who said that the fossils had been placed in the rock by god, in order to test our faith. This cannot be disproved. Nor can my own pet theory that, from the patterns of behavior that are observable, we may infer a design that makes planet earth, all unknown to us, a prison colony and lunatic asylum that is employed as a dumping ground by far-off and superior civilizations. However, I was educated by Sir Karl Popper to believe that a theory that is unfalsifiable is to that extent a weak one.”
    Christopher Hitchens

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