Karl Popper
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Austrian person
British person
epistemologist
human
philosopher
philosopher of science
political philosopher
Karl Popper was a 20th-century philosopher of science best known for his theory of falsifiability as the demarcation criterion between science and non-science.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karl Popper canonical | 72 |
| Karl R. Popper | 2 |
| Popper | 2 |
| Karl Raimund Popper | 1 |
| critical rationalism | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T32504 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Popper Context triple: [Bertrand Russell, influenced, Karl Popper]
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A.
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap was a leading 20th-century philosopher and key figure in logical positivism, known for his work on the philosophy of science, logic, and the logical analysis of language.
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B.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein was a 20th-century Austrian-British philosopher whose groundbreaking work in logic, language, and the philosophy of mind profoundly shaped analytic philosophy.
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C.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
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D.
Willard Van Orman Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher and logician known for his work on ontological relativity, the indeterminacy of translation, and the critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction.
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E.
Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Karl Popper Target entity description: Karl Popper was a 20th-century philosopher of science best known for his theory of falsifiability as the demarcation criterion between science and non-science.
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A.
Rudolf Carnap
Rudolf Carnap was a leading 20th-century philosopher and key figure in logical positivism, known for his work on the philosophy of science, logic, and the logical analysis of language.
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B.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Wittgenstein was a 20th-century Austrian-British philosopher whose groundbreaking work in logic, language, and the philosophy of mind profoundly shaped analytic philosophy.
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C.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, and social critic, renowned for his foundational work in analytic philosophy and contributions to logic, mathematics, and political thought.
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D.
Willard Van Orman Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher and logician known for his work on ontological relativity, the indeterminacy of translation, and the critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction.
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E.
Paul Kurtz
Paul Kurtz was an American philosopher and prominent secular humanist who became a leading advocate of scientific skepticism and critical inquiry into paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian person
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British person ⓘ epistemologist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosopher of science ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater | University of Vienna ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Lippincott Award
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Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ⓘ
surface form:
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
|
| birthDate | 1902-07-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Vienna ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austria
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1994-09-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London, England
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surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Karl Bühler ⓘ |
| education | University of Vienna ⓘ |
| employer |
London School of Economics
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University of Canterbury ⓘ University of London ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish descent ⓘ |
| familyName |
Karl Popper
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Popper
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| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName |
Karl Popper
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Karl Raimund Popper
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| givenName | Karl ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alan Musgrave
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David Deutsch ⓘ George Soros ⓘ Hans Albert ⓘ Imre Lakatos ⓘ John W. N. Watkins ⓘ Paul Feyerabend ⓘ Thomas Kuhn ⓘ William W. Bartley ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Albert Einstein
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Bertrand Russell ⓘ David Hume ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Vienna Circle ⓘ |
| knownFor |
conjectures and refutations model of scientific progress
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critical rationalism ⓘ critique of historicism ⓘ defense of open society ⓘ falsificationism ⓘ problem of demarcation ⓘ theory of falsifiability ⓘ |
| language |
English
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German ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
demarcation problem
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induction ⓘ political liberalism ⓘ scientific method ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1930 ⓘ |
| name | Karl Popper self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Conjectures and Refutations
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Objective Knowledge ⓘ The Logic of Scientific Discovery ⓘ The Open Society and Its Enemies ⓘ The Poverty of Historicism ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
analytic philosophy
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Karl Popper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
critical rationalism
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| positionHeld | Professor of Logic and Scientific Method ⓘ |
| religion | agnosticism ⓘ |
| residence |
Christchurch, New Zealand
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surface form:
Christchurch
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Vienna ⓘ |
| spouse | Josefine Anna Henninger ⓘ |
| theory |
conjectures and refutations model of knowledge growth
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falsifiability as demarcation criterion between science and non-science ⓘ three worlds ontology ⓘ |
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Referenced by (78)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Problem of Induction
subject surface form:
What Is Dialectic?
subject surface form:
What Is Dialectic?
subject surface form:
Imre Lakatos
subject surface form:
Three Worlds Theory
subject surface form:
Three Worlds Theory