The Logic of Scientific Discovery

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The Logic of Scientific Discovery is Karl Popper’s foundational philosophical work that introduces falsifiability as the key criterion distinguishing scientific theories from non-scientific ones.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
work of philosophy of science ⓘ
arguesAgainst inductivism ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
verificationism ⓘ
associatedWith London School of Economics period of Karl Popper ⓘ
author Karl Popper ⓘ
centralConcept basic statements ⓘ
conjectures and refutations ⓘ
degree of corroboration ⓘ
testability of theories ⓘ
claims good scientific theories forbid more than they permit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
criticizes inductive justification of universal laws ⓘ
distinguishes empirical content of theories ⓘ
emphasizes importance of severe tests for scientific theories ⓘ
EnglishEditionPublicationYear 1959 ⓘ
EnglishTranslator Karl Popper ⓘ
followedBy Conjectures and Refutations ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
hasImpactOn demarcation between science and pseudoscience ⓘ
scientific realism debates ⓘ
influenced Imre Lakatos ⓘ
Paul Feyerabend ⓘ
Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
philosophy of science in the 20th century ⓘ
mainTopic corroboration of theories ⓘ
demarcation problem ⓘ
falsifiability ⓘ
induction ⓘ
probability in science ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
notableIdea science progresses through bold conjectures and attempts at refutation ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
originalTitle Logik der Forschung ⓘ
philosophicalTradition critical rationalism ⓘ
linked to: falsificationism
proposes falsifiability as criterion of demarcation ⓘ
publicationYear 1934 ⓘ
publisher Julius Springer ⓘ
states scientific theories can be conclusively falsified ⓘ
scientific theories can never be conclusively verified ⓘ
subject methodology of science ⓘ
scientific knowledge ⓘ
supports hypothetico-deductive method ⓘ

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