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The Open Society and Its Enemies is a work on political philosophy by the philosopher Karl Popper, in which the author presents a "defence of the open society against its enemies", [1] and offers a critique of theories of teleological historicism, according to which history unfolds inexorably according to universal laws.
Popper's usage of "historicism" has been criticized as differing significantly from the normal definition of the word. [6] That is, amongst historians themselves, a historicist is normally someone whose methodology is cautiously hermeneutical and exegetical , rather than predictive and speculative.
Sir Karl Raimund Popper CH FRS FBA [4] (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British [5] philosopher, academic and social commentator. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science , [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Popper is known for his rejection of the classical inductivist views on the scientific ...
Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography is a 1976 book by the philosopher Karl Popper. [1]The work first appeared with the title "Autobiography of Karl Popper" in The Philosophy of Karl Popper (1974) from the Library of Living Philosophers series.
55. "Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.” – Hill Harper. 56. "Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the ...
Popper's three worlds is a way of looking at reality, described by the British philosopher Karl Popper in a lecture given in August 1967. [1] The concept involves three interacting worlds, called world 1 , world 2 and world 3 .
The positivism dispute (German: Positivismusstreit) was a political-philosophical dispute between the critical rationalists (Karl Popper, Hans Albert) and the Frankfurt School (Theodor Adorno, Jürgen Habermas) in 1961, about the methodology of the social sciences. It grew into a broad discussion within German sociology from 1961 to 1969.
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