!!!Popper, Karl Raimund, Sir

b. Vienna, July 28, 1902, 
d. Croydon near London (United Kingdom), Sept. 17, 1994, philosopher, 
especially philosopher of science. Studied mathematics and physics in 
Vienna; 1937-1945 in New Zealand, from 1960 professor of logic and 
philosophy of science at the London School of Economics. Considered 
the founder of critical rationalism (if an empirical observation 
contradicts a general hypothesis, this hypothesis should be excluded 
from the system as falsified). P. opposed a positivist point of view 
in all scientific disciplines, advocated liberal ideas in politics and 
opposed authoritarian systems. 1993 published a "Call to the 
Europeans" ("Aufruf an die Europaeer") in response to the war in 
former Yugoslavia. Honorary tomb in the Lainzer Friedhof cemetery in 
Vienna´s 13%%sup th/%  district Hietzing.

!Further works
Die Logik der Forschung, 1935; The Poverty of 
Historicism 1944/45 (German 1965); The Open Society and Its Enemies, 
1945 (German 1957/1958); Conjectures and Refutations, 1963 (German 
1994); Objective Knowledge, 1972 (German 1973); The Self and Its 
Brain, 1981/1982 (German 1982); Postscript to the Logic of Scientific 
Discovery, 3 vols., 1983; Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt. 
Vortraege und Aufsaetze aus 30 Jahren, 1984; A World of 
Propensities, 1990.

!Literature
E. Doerring, K. R. P., 1987; I. Zwirchmayr, Sir 
K. P. der Vater des Kritischen Rationalismus, 1993; M. Geier, 
K. P., 1994; A. O´Hear (ed.), K. P., 1995; L. 
Schaefer, K. P., %%sup 3/%1996.



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