Conjectures and Refutations

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Conjectures and Refutations is a major philosophical work by Karl Popper that develops his theory of scientific knowledge through the ideas of falsifiability, critical testing, and the growth of knowledge via bold hypotheses and their refutation.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addresses Adlerian psychology ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
historicism ⓘ
psychoanalysis ⓘ
aim to clarify the logic of scientific discovery and progress ⓘ
author Karl Popper ⓘ
Karl R. Popper ⓘ
linked to: Karl Popper
centralClaim no number of positive instances can conclusively verify a universal scientific theory ⓘ
scientific knowledge grows through bold conjectures and their refutations ⓘ
scientific theories must be testable and falsifiable ⓘ
centralConcept bold hypotheses ⓘ
conjectures ⓘ
critical testing ⓘ
falsifiability criterion ⓘ
refutations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre epistemology ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of science literature ⓘ
hasForm collection of essays ⓘ
hasPart “Science: Conjectures and Refutations” (essay) ⓘ
“The Demarcation Between Science and Metaphysics” (essay) ⓘ
“The Problem of Induction” (essay) ⓘ
“Truth, Rationality, and the Growth of Scientific Knowledge” (essay) ⓘ
“What Is Dialectic?” (essay) ⓘ
influenced critical rationalist movement ⓘ
methodology of scientific research ⓘ
philosophy of science in the 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy Albert Einstein ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic critical rationalism ⓘ
demarcation problem ⓘ
fallibilism ⓘ
falsifiability ⓘ
growth of scientific knowledge ⓘ
hypothesis testing ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
problem of induction ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
philosophicalStance anti-inductivism ⓘ
critical rationalism ⓘ
publicationYear 1963 ⓘ
publisher Routledge ⓘ
Routledge & Kegan Paul ⓘ
structure series of revised lectures and papers ⓘ

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