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The Karl Popper Web

science: conjecture & refutation

Karl Popper, philosophy . demarcation of science and metaphysics . fallibility, conjecture, refutation, test ... mt. pelerin society april 1947

In 1934 Popper published what many regard as his Magnum Opus The Logic of Scientific Discovery. The famous chemist Wachtershauser said that this is a "gem" and that it liberated him from a sterile accounting view of science. Wachtershauser subsequently went on to develop one of the main theories of the origin of life. Frank Tipler, the famous cosmologist, regards this as the most important book this century. In one majestic and systematic attack, psychologism, naturalism, inductionism, and logical positivism are swept away and replaced by a set of methodological rules called Falsificationism. Falsificationism is the idea that science advances by unjustified, exaggerated guesses followed by unstinting criticism.

The Karl Popper Web
http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~tkpw/

See also:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/

Hear Andrew Marr, the BBC Political Editor, explain why Popper is an important thinker:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/greatest_philosopher_karl_popper.shtml

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