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Popperian, n. and a.|pɒˈpɪərɪən|
[The name of Sir Karl Raimund Popper (b. 1902), philosopher + -ian.]
A. n. A person who advocates the theories or methods of Popper.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Popper's theories or methods, esp. the theory that scientific laws are justified only by their resistance to falsification, and his criticism of the philosophical basis of Marxism and other ideologies which entail limitations on freedom. So ˈPopperism, the theory or practice of Popper's philosophical ideas.
1962T. S. Kuhn in Internat. Encycl. Unified Sci. II. ii. xii. 146 If only severe failure to fit justifies theory rejection, then the Popperians will require some criterion of ‘improbability’ or of ‘degree of falsification’. 1963R. M. Hare Freedom & Reason vi. 91 We must..notice an analogy between it and the Popperian theory of scientific method. 1966Sci. & Society XXX. i. 1 (heading) Popperism: the scarcity of reason. 1971Nature 28 May 269/2 Feyerabend goes on to criticize the Popperians for not making good their claim to exhibit science as a rational enterprise. 1972Ibid. 10 Nov. 110/1 The author then delineates in turn three theories of the logical structure of science—inductivism, Popperian falsificationism and positivism. 1973B. Magee Popper iii. 41 [T. S.] Kuhn's theory..about the working activity of scientists..is not irreconcilable with Popperism. Ibid. vi. 85 The Popperian approach has this consequence..: instead of encouraging one to think about building Utopia it makes one seek out..the specific social evils under which human beings are suffering. 1977A. Giddens Stud. in Social & Polit. Theory i. 72 Lakatos's studies, although nominally directed at supporting main elements of the Popperian standpoint, show how wide the discrepancy is. |
