Conjectures and Refutations

Karl R. Popper, 431pp, Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, London, 5th edition 1974, ISBN 0-7100-6508-6.
Popper's obituaries in 1994 called him the most important philosopher of the 20th century. In this book, his thesis that science advances by proposing conjectures and attempting to refute them, is explained and applied to topics in science, philosophy and social sciences. There are some quotations from the book.

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