Karl Popper ✓

(1902–1994) philosopher of science Austria

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[Wikidata] Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)... | [Wikipedia] Sir Karl Raimund Popper was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the classical inductivist views on the scientific method in favour of empirical falsification made po

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• While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal. All
• We do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of… All
• There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that differ from our… Almost Universal
• I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'. Call
• It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy. Ability
• It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If… Along
• We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure. Freedom
• There is no history of mankind, there is only an indefinite number of histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. All
• There is no history, only histories. Funny
• Instead of encouraging the student to devote himself to his studies for the sake of studying, instead of encouraging in him a real love for… Acquire
• The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we… Articulate
• All we can do is search for the falsity content in our best theory. All
• Science is perhaps the only human activity in which errors are systematically criticized and, in time, corrected. Activity
• Science is the century-old endeavour to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as… All
• Some scientists find, or so it seems, that they get their best ideas when smoking; others by drinking coffee or whisky. Thus there is no… Admit
• The metaphysical doctrine of determinism simply asserts that all events in this world are fixed, or unalterable, or predetermined. It does not assert that they… According
• The influence (for good or ill) of Plato's work is immeasurable. Western thought, one might say, has been Platonic or anti-Platonic, but hardly ever non-Platonic. Anti
• [Great scientists] are men of bold ideas, but highly critical of their own ideas: they try to find whether their ideas are right by trying… Attempts
• We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure. Freedom

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