Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge |
Contents
On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance | 3 |
CONJECTURES | 14 |
Conjectures and Refutations | 33 |
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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge Karl Raimund Popper Limited preview - 2002 |
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accept Anaximander apply argument Aristotle assertion atomic attempt attitude believe calculus called Carnap confirmation conjecture contradictions criterion criticism Ct(a Ctr(a definition demarcation Democritus Descartes described dialectic discovery discussion doctrine Einstein empirical empiricism epistemology especially essentialist example experience explain fact false falsifiability formulated Hegel Heraclitus human hypothesis idea important induction instrumentalism interesting interpretation intuition irrefutable Kant Kant's kind Kirk knowledge language laws logical Marxists mathematical meaning meaningful meaningless metaphysical method mind myth nature negation Newton's theory observations Open Society Parmenides perhaps philosophical physical Plato possible precisely predictions principle probability problem problem of demarcation problem of induction pure question rational rationalist realize reason refuted result rules of inference sense sentences social Socrates sources statements t₁ testable tests Theaetetus theoretical thesis things tion tradition true truth universal valid Vienna Circle Wittgenstein's words Xenophanes