Karl Popper
1902 - 1994
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Biography
Karl Popper was an Austrian-British philosopher known for his work on the philosophy of science. Born in 1902, Popper is famous for his influential contributions to the scientific method and the concept of falsifiability. His most famous works include 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery' and 'The Open Society and Its Enemies'. Popper's ideas have had a lasting impact on the fields of philosophy, science, and social theory.
Famous Quotes (5)
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.
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All life is problem solving.
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The best thing that can happen to a human being is to find a problem, to fall in love with that problem, and to live trying to solve that problem, unless another problem even more lovable appears.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.