La filosofia de la ciencia de Karl Popper

In: Revista mexicana de ciencias políticas y sociales, Band 40, Heft 159, S. 9-32

Abstract

Karl Popper's principal philosophical problem was trying to understand the world & ourselves as a part of it; he argued that any method to search for the truth is valid. Popper dealt with two great problems in the logic of scientific discovery: (1) in the problem of induction, experience is the judge of truth, but to induce a universal rule from observations is not justified; & (2) the problem of the demarcation between the sciences & metaphysics, which addresses the deductive method of testing & falsifiability. Popper also explored the concepts of verisimilitude, corroboration, objective knowledge, & the problem of mind-body interaction. For Popper, objective knowledge made the human responsible for his/her own actions. Adapted from the source document.