Karl Popper

Karl Raimond Popper
Sir Karl Popper c. 1980s
Born	28 July 1902 Vienna, Austria
Died	17 September 1994(1994-09-17) (aged 92) London, England
Era	20th century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
Main interests	Epistemology Philosophy of science Social and political philosophy
Notable ideas	Falsifiability Hypothetico-deductive method Open society
Influences Socrates (via Plato) · Aristotle Kant · Schopenhauer · Hegel Einstein · Kierkegaard · Wittgenstein Vienna Circle · Tarski · Selz Russell · Campbell · Burke
Influenced Virtually all philosophy of science since 1930s · Hayek · Friedman Lakatos · Feyerabend · Soros Miller · Agassi · Bartley · Gombrich Jarvie · Levinson · Schmidt · Munz Magee · Lorenz · Shearmur Medawar · Dimitrakos · Albert · Gellner · Soroush

Sir Karl Popper CH FRS FBA (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian and British^[1] philosopher and a professor at the London School of Economics.

He is considered one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century. He also wrote on social and political philosophy, especially the evils of totalitarian ideas and politics. Popper is known for the idea of empirical falsification.

1. ↑ Watkins, J. Obituary of Karl Popper, 1902-1994. Proceedings of the British Academy, 94, pp. 645–684