Quote of Karl Popper - Whenever a theory appears to you...
Biography - Karl Popper:
Austrian and British philosopher and professor.
Born: 1902 - Died: 1994
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Austria
Born: 1902 - Died: 1994
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Austria
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: theory
A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice.
Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity.
Quotes for: problem
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.
The solution to the problem, which you see in life, lies in living in a way that makes the problems disappear.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Karl Popper also said...
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