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单词 Popperian
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Popperian

/pɒˈpɪərɪən/
adjective
Designating or relating to the theories of Karl Popper, especially in relation to the nature of scientific method.
  • Popper contended that scientific theories were hypotheses which had been exposed to a systematic attempt at falsification and argued that falsifiability was that which distinguished the theories of science from those of pseudosciences like psychoanalysis and Marxist historical materialism. He also expounded a liberal political theory founded on the twin rights of people to voice their criticisms of political decisions and policies affecting them and to change their rulers regularly and peacefully..
noun
A person who follows or advocates the theories of Karl Popper, especially in relation to the nature of scientific method.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in British Journal of the Philosophy of Science. From the name of Sir Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian-born British philosopher + -ian.

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