Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994

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Birth 1902-07-28
Death 1994-09-17
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Karl Raimund Popper, 1902-1994, was born in Vienna, Austria, and gained a PhD from the University of Vienna in 1926. From 1930 to 1935, he worked as a schoolteacher in Vienna, and from 1937 to 1945, he was senior lecturer in Philosophy at Canterbury University College, University of New Zealand, Christchurch. In 1945, he became Reader in Logic and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics, and in 1949, he became Professor of Logic and Scientific Method, a post that he held until 1969 when he became Emeritus Professor. He also held the posts of Guest Professor in the Theory of Science at the University of Vienna and Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University from 1986, and was President of the Aristotelian Society, 1958-1959, and President of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, 1959-1961. He was a prolific author and published many works on the philosophy of science, historicism and political thought.

From the guide to the POPPER, Sir Karl Raimund, 1902-1994, Knight, philosopher, 1896-1987, (British Library of Political and Economic Science)

British philosopher.

From the description of Karl R. Popper papers, 1928-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872538

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1902, July 28 Born, Vienna, Austria 1926 Ph.D., University of Vienna 1930 Married Josefine Anne Henninger (1906-1985) 1934 Author, Logik der Forschung 1930 1935 Schoolteacher, Vienna 1937 1945 Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Canterbury University College, University of New Zealand, Christchurch 1945 Author, The Open Society and Its Enemies 1945 1949 Reader in Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, England 1949 1969 Professor of Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 1954 Author, Miseria dello storicismo 1962 Author, Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge 1965 Knighted 1972 Author, Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach 1976 Author, Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography 1977 Co-author (with John C. Eccles), The Self and Its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism 1979 Author, Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie 1982 1983 Author, Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery 1983 Author, A Pocket Popper 1984 Author, Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt 1986 Head, Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fur Wissenschaftstheorie, Vienna

From the guide to the Sir Karl Raimund Popper papers, 1928-1995, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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