Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Getty) Sir Karl Popper (1902–94) is certainly among the most influential philosophers of science in the 20th century, as well as ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The world has been paying lots of attention ...

In this talk, the 8th Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture, Sir Paul Nurse will discuss how the philosophical works of Karl Popper have informed the practice of his own scientific research activities, ...

Im Vorfeld des hundertsten Geburtstages eines der prominentesten Sozial- und Erkenntnisphilosophen ehrt seine Heimatstadt Wien den Exilanten: Ein Symposion und eine Ausstellung legen Wert auf die ...

Andere Kaliber erwartetDie neuen Gesichter Europas, 20. 11. Ich bin enttäuscht von der Wahl der neuen europäischen Spitzenpolitiker Herman Van Rompuy und Catherine Ashton. Obwohl Franz Fischler recht ...

Graham Oddie (PhD, London, 1979) began studying philosophy at the University of Otago (New Zealand). While Oddie was an undergraduate at Otago, Sir Karl Popper came for a year as a Visiting Professor.

“Sir Karl Popper's house, please,” I said as I climbed into a cab at the train station. “Who?” the driver asked. Sir Karl Popper? The famous philosopher? Never heard of him, the driver said. He knew ...