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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