Karl Popper Defends Rationalism in First Talk of William James Series ... "Is Science Still Interesting," was an introductory analysis to Popper's theories of scientific method.

An analysis of 70 papers shows that most scientific research does not advance by "falsification," as philosopher Karl Popper made famous. Ironically, falsification has itself been falsified. Science ...

This is the basis of the modern scientific method. It blossomed in the 17th century, when a new breed of thinkers took the view that scientific knowledge can only come from first-hand observation.

In fact, the scientist’s goal should be to disprove the hypothesis, as emphasized by the influential 20th-century philosopher Karl Popper. If a claim can’t be disproven, it’s not falsifiable. And, as ...

British philosopher of science Karl Popper believed in the doctrine of falsifiability, i.e., that hypotheses can be tested and refuted. That is the difference between the scientific method and ...

Popper's Deductivism . Scientists do not confirm hypotheses, they may only corroborate or decisively refute them. —excerpted from The Logic of Scientific discovery (London: Hutchinson, 1959) by Karl ...

I began to discern the paradox lurking at the heart of Karl Popper's career when, prior to interviewing him in 1992, I asked other philosophers about him. Queries of this kind usually elicit dull, ...

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method was founded in 1946 by Sir Karl Popper and is renowned for applying philosophy in a manner that is both continuous with the sciences and ...

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE was founded by Professor Sir Karl Popper in 1946, and remains internationally renowned for a type of philosophy that is both continuous ...