popper
noun
a person or thing that pops.
Popperian
-
a word derived from
Popper.
Example Sentences
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In the sciences, this ideal is embedded in the Popperian method: Theories must be falsifiable, and progress comes not through confirming our beliefs, but by trying to disprove them.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025
He thought I was there to see if I was sufficiently Popperian to write his life.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
Without Popperian epistemology, one cannot even begin to guess what detailed functionality must be achieved to make an AGI.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2012
And Popperian epistemology is not widely known, let alone understood well enough to be applied.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2012
Both the Kuhnian and Popperian positions are, in principle, compatible with an understanding of what science does; the Wittgensteinian position, as presented by his followers, is inherently anti-scientific.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
