The Logic of Scientific Discovery

Karl Popper0415278449, 9780415278447

Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of ‘great originality and power’, this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of ‘falsificationism’ electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as one of Popper’s most enduring books and contains insights and arguments that demand to be read to this day.

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Table of contents :
BOOK COVER……Page 1
TITLE……Page 4
COPYRIGHT……Page 5
DEDICATION……Page 6
CONTENTS……Page 8
TRANSLATORS’ NOTE……Page 13
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, 1934……Page 16
PREFACE TO THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 1959……Page 19
Part I Introduction to the Logic of Science……Page 30
1 A SURVEY OF SOME FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS……Page 32
2 ON THE PROBLEM OF A THEORY OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD……Page 56
Part II Some Structural Components of a Theory of Experience……Page 64
3 THEORIES……Page 66
4 FALSIFIABILITY……Page 86
5 THE PROBLEM OF THE EMPIRICAL BASIS……Page 103
6 DEGREES OF TESTABILITY……Page 124
7 SIMPLICITY……Page 150
8 PROBABILITY……Page 162
9 SOME OBSERVATIONS ON QUANTUM THEORY……Page 238
10 CORROBORATION, OR HOW A THEORY STANDS UP TO TESTS……Page 277
APPENDIX i……Page 312
APPENDIX ii……Page 315
APPENDIX iii……Page 319
APPENDIX iv……Page 322
APPENDIX v……Page 326
APPENDIX vi……Page 330
APPENDIX vii……Page 334
NOTE TO NEW APPENDICES, 1959 EDITION……Page 338
APPENDIX *i……Page 341
APPENDIX *ii……Page 348
APPENDIX *iii……Page 354
APPENDIX *iv……Page 358
APPENDIX *v……Page 385
APPENDIX *vi……Page 398
APPENDIX *vii……Page 403
APPENDIX *viii……Page 421
APPENDIX *ix……Page 431
APPENDIX *x……Page 469
APPENDIX *xi……Page 493
APPENDIX *xii……Page 510
NAME INDEX……Page 518
SUBJECT INDEX……Page 523