The Logic of Scientific Discovery

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The Logic of Scientific Discovery is Karl Popper’s foundational philosophical work that introduces falsifiability as the key criterion distinguishing scientific theories from non-scientific ones.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
philosophical work
work of philosophy of science
arguesAgainst inductivism
logical positivism
verificationism
associatedWith London School of Economics period of Karl Popper
author Karl Popper
centralConcept basic statements
conjectures and refutations
degree of corroboration
testability of theories
claims good scientific theories forbid more than they permit
countryOfOrigin Austria
criticizes inductive justification of universal laws
distinguishes empirical content of theories
emphasizes importance of severe tests for scientific theories
EnglishEditionPublicationYear 1959
EnglishTranslator Karl Popper
followedBy Conjectures and Refutations
genre epistemology
philosophy of science
hasImpactOn demarcation between science and pseudoscience
scientific realism debates
influenced Imre Lakatos
Paul Feyerabend
Thomas Kuhn
philosophy of science in the 20th century
mainTopic corroboration of theories
demarcation problem
falsifiability
induction
probability in science
scientific method
notableIdea science progresses through bold conjectures and attempts at refutation
originalLanguage German
originalTitle The Logic of Scientific Discovery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Logik der Forschung
philosophicalTradition falsificationism
surface form: critical rationalism
proposes falsifiability as criterion of demarcation
publicationYear 1934
publisher Julius Springer
states scientific theories can be conclusively falsified
scientific theories can never be conclusively verified
subject methodology of science
scientific knowledge
supports hypothetico-deductive method

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Karl Popper notableWork The Logic of Scientific Discovery
falsificationism articulatedIn The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Logic of Scientific Discovery originalTitle The Logic of Scientific Discovery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Logik der Forschung
Objective Knowledge influencedBy The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Objective Knowledge relatedWork The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Conjectures and Refutations hasPart The Logic of Scientific Discovery
this entity surface form: “The Demarcation Between Science and Metaphysics” (essay)
Karl notableWork The Logic of Scientific Discovery
subject surface form: Karl Popper
“The Problem of Induction” (essay) positionInWorkOf The Logic of Scientific Discovery
subject surface form: The Problem of Induction
“What Is Dialectic?” (essay) relatedWorkOfAuthor The Logic of Scientific Discovery
subject surface form: What Is Dialectic?
On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance associatedWorkOfAuthor The Logic of Scientific Discovery
On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics associatedWith The Logic of Scientific Discovery
this entity surface form: Popperian demarcation criterion