Popper, Karl

Jeremy Shearmur

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    Abstract

    Karl Popper, an eminent philosopher and social theorist, was born in Vienna, but subsequently became a British subject. When young, Popper was intellectually precocious and had a keen interest in science, psychology, and, subsequently, philosophy. He became interested in socialism when in his mid-teens, and he briefly flirted with Marxism, working as a volunteer in the offices of the Austrian Communist Party. He soon abandoned his early socialist sympathies and became immersed in more purely philosophical questions, during which he developed a particular interest in what characterized scientific knowledge. Popper was influenced by the psychologists Karl Buehler and Otto Selz and by a distinctive kind of Kantianism favored by the German philosopher Leonard Nelson. His interest in science in part reflected the concerns of the logical positivists of the Vienna Circle.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
    EditorsRonald Hamowy
    Place of PublicationLos Angeles
    PublisherSage Publications Inc
    Pages380-381pp
    Volume1
    ISBN (Print)9781412965804
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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