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Certain Quotes by Karl Popper
- Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a state of finality... And our…
- I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body of knowledge,' but…
- The old scientific ideal of episteme - of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge - has proved to be an idol. The demand for scientific objectivity makes…
- My thesis is that what we call 'science' is differentiated from the older myths not by being something distinct from a myth, but by being…
- To give a causal explanation of an event means to deduce a statement which describes it, using as premises of the deduction one or more…
- . . . it seems to me certain that more people are killed out of righteous stupidity than out of wickedness.
- Our aim as scientists is objective truth; more truth, more interesting truth, more intelligible truth. We cannot reasonably aim at certainty. Once we realize that…
- No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct...
- A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases, by compromise, rather…
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