Karl Popper

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994).

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Karl Popper was an Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society. Born on 28 July 1902 in Vienna, Popper died on 17 September 1994 in Kenley at the age of 92.

Notable works include The Logic of Scientific Discovery, The Open Society and Its Enemies and The Poverty of Historicism. Popper studied at University of Vienna and University of Cambridge. Honours include Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Sonning Prize and honorary doctor of the University of Canterbury, among 16 recorded.

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