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