The philosopher Karl Popper was a strong critic of Marx, his system, and especially his reliance on historicism.

While the overall effects were small – resulting in a five-percentage-point shift in views on immigration, for example – this ...

excerpted from The Logic of Scientific discovery (London: Hutchinson, 1959) by Karl Popper A scientist, whether theorist or experimenter, puts forward statements, or systems of statements, and tests ...

Edited by Prof. Mario Bunge. (Essays in Honor of Karl R. Popper.) Pp. xv + 480. (New York: The Free Press of Glencoe, a Division of the Macmillan Company; London ...

The thing is, scientists don’t stick to Popper’s strict criteria in practice, and often follow their hunches or look to confirm rather than refute their theories. Scientists don’t chuck out ...