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Karl Popper's Birth
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Logik der Forschung (The Logic of Scientific Discovery)
Logik der Forschung was published by Karl Popper in 1934. This book talks about falsifiability and how experiments cannot prove a theory. This book was the beginning of his journey into philosophy and was republished in English in 1959. -
Karl Popper's disagreement of scientists use of induction
Karl Popper believed that induction is not used by scientists. Instead, he believed that scientists use deduction. Popper believed that scientists were not interested in claiming their theories. In Popper's opinion, scientists will never believe a theory and are only interested in testing conclusions. Kuhn was his opponent in the falsification theory. Kuhn believed in normal science, which is the trusting of relative studies to further continue scientific research. This what we call "induction". -
Karl Popper's Falsification Theory
Karl Popper believed that the only conclusion that scientists make is that a theory is wrong. This opinion of his is how falsification was formed. Falsification is an observation that is a theory is false. There are several phases of falsification, with the last phase being "falsified". This is when evidence has shown that the theory is false. The debatable side of this is that falsification only meets deduction reasoning. Youtube video: Link text -
Karl Popper's Setbacks
Karl Popper believed that falsification is the observation that a theory is false. Many scientists have debated over this idea because assumptions must be made to debunk a theory but who is to say that the assumptions are right. In order to prove a theory wrong scientists believe that induction is needed, therefore proving Popper's ideas about deduction incorrect. -
Karl Popper's Death