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2 days ago · Falsifiability (or refutability) is a deductive standard of evaluation of scientific theories and hypotheses, introduced by the philosopher of science Karl Popper in his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934). A theory or hypothesis is falsifiable (or refutable) if it can be logically contradicted by an empirical test.
1 day ago · Habermas in the third chapter of Theory of Communicative Action quotes the noted philosopher of science Karl Popper’s 1967 address “Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject”, which surprised the empiricist community by claiming that besides physical objects and states of consciousness there must also be “the world of objective contents of ...
4 days ago · Karl Popper (Popper, 1976: 87) Type Part Two-The Civil Litigation Research Project: A Dispute-Focused Approach. Information Law & Society Review , Volume 15 , Issue 3 ...
4 days ago · It wasn’t until Karl Popper’s 1934 Logik der Forschung, however, that the criticisms about psychoanalysis’s scientific chops really took wing. In Logik, published in English as The Logic of Scientific Discovery in 1959, Popper presented a philosophy of science which argued that scientific theories must be formulated such that they can be tested empirically, which for Popper meant ...
1 day ago · Singh (83) joins Sir Karl Popper, Amartya Sen and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and others who have been recognised with this award. Singh said: “It is a humbling moment for me considering ...
1 day ago · So, what actually do scientists? They look for unexplained phenomena and try to find an explanation by way of designing and conducting experiments. Based on the results, they refute or confirm, or better said, do not refute their hypotheses to explain said phenomena. This is how the philosopher Karl Popper described ideal science.
1 day ago · Civil debate beings with two very simple maxims. Don’t call the other party names, and don’t make fun of the other person for their views.
