Exploring Popper's Relevance for the Evaluation Community
In: Evaluation: the international journal of theory, research and practice, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 92-100
ISSN: 1461-7153
The article focuses on the relevance of Karl R. Popper to the evaluation community. Donald T. Campbell and Charles E. Lindblom are used as prisms through which Popper becomes visible to evaluators. The two authors hold different positions with regard to the theory of knowledge and to the use of evaluation. How can both be associated with Popper? The article presents references to Popper from these and other authors within evaluation. The relevance of Popper to evaluation is visible in relation to the issue of evaluative knowledge, the use of evaluation and unintended consequences of interventions.