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Sir '''Karl Popper''' (1902-1994) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century,<ref>{{hnb|Stanford|2006}}</ref> who influenced the philosophy of science and politics.   

Sir '''Karl Popper''' (1902-1994) was an [[Austrian]]-born [[philosopher]] of science widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century,<ref>{{hnb|Stanford|2006}}</ref> who influenced the philosophy of science and politics.   

==Philosophy of Science ==

==Philosophy of Science ==

==Politics==

==Politics==

A refugee from Austria after the rise of Nazism, Popper dedicated the war years to the study of the roots of totalitarian thought.  The “Open Society and its Enemies” analysed the contribution, as he saw it, of Plato, Hegel and Marx to an anti-rational tribalistic “closed society”.  The close society was, for Popper, marked by a lack of criticism of established ideas (established societal norms being treated not as societal norms but as “taboo” or “the natural order”) together with a collectivism that subjected the individual to the group goal.   

A refugee from Austria after the rise of [[Nazism]], Popper dedicated the war years to the study of the roots of totalitarian thought.  The “Open Society and its Enemies” analysed the contribution, as he saw it, of [[Plato]], [[Hegel]] and [[Marx]] to an anti-rational tribalistic “closed society”.  The close society was, for Popper, marked by a lack of criticism of established ideas (established societal norms being treated not as societal norms but as “taboo” or “the natural order”) together with a collectivism that subjected the individual to the group goal.   

Popper also saw “historicist” views and underpinning much of the thought behind the “closed” society.  “Historicism”, dealt with in “The Poverty of Historicism” and criticised throughout the “Open Society”, both sees historical laws of development and bases much of its morality on these supposed laws.

Popper also saw “historicist” views and underpinning much of the thought behind the “closed” society.  “Historicism”, dealt with in “The Poverty of Historicism” and criticised throughout the “Open Society”, both sees historical laws of development and bases much of its morality on these supposed laws.

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