Sir Karl Raimund Popper, born 28 July 1902 and died 17 September 1994, was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator, known as one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers of science for his rejection of classical inductivist views on scientific method in favor of empirical falsification through his falsifiability criterion, and for founding the Department of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator.
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Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 - 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the classical inductivist views on the scientific method in favour of empirical falsification made possible by his falsifiability criterion, and for founding the Department of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902-17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator.
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He argued that science does not use induction, and induction is in fact a myth.
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It was introduced by the philosopher of science Karl Popper in his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934).
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