Critical Quest for Truth – Quote by Karl Popper

„It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical quest for truth.“

Karl PopperKarl Popper on science: The scientist is defined not by possessing knowledge, but by the persistent and critical pursuit of truth.
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Karl Popper was an Austrian-British philosopher and the founder of critical rationalism.

Karl Popper emphasizes that scientific thinking is defined by the critical pursuit of truth rather than possession of infallible knowledge.


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Sir Karl Raimund Popper (1902–1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher. Through his work in the philosophy of knowledge and science, as well as in social, historical, and political philosophy, he shaped critical rationalism. He also served as a professor of logic and scientific methods.

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