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Karl Popper
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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)

Also known as: Karl R. Popper, Karl Raimund Popper, Karl Raimund Popper Sir, Karl Raimund, Sir Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper, Карл Поппер

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Known works

  • The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1935)
  • The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2) (1945)
  • Conjectures and refutations (1962)
  • The Poverty of Historicism (1964)
  • The Myth of the Framework