Philosophical way of understanding reality
"World 3" redirects here. For the grouping of countries known as the "third world", see
Third world. For the Maoist theory, see
Three Worlds Theory. For the system dynamics model used in The Limits to Growth, see
World3.
Popper's three worlds is a way of looking at and understanding reality, developed by the British philosopher Karl Popper in many lectures and books, for example "Objective Knowledge - An Evolutionary Approach" (1972) and "The Self And Its Brain" (1977). Popper's theory involves three interacting worlds, called world 1, world 2 and world 3.