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Karl Popper: Life and Philosophy 🌍 - Coggle Diagram
Karl Popper: Life and Philosophy
🌍
1. Early Life and Background
📚
Born: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
Father’s Library:
12,000+ books
📖
Intellectual Parents 👨🎓🎵
Father: Simon Popper (Lawyer) ⚖️
Mother: Pianist 🎹
Early Education: Experimental School 🏫
Focus on
critical thinking and dialogue
💭
2. Key Influences
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Father’s Library
📚
Classical literature, Marx, Engels 📜
Translations: Ancient Greek texts (by father) 🇬🇷
Exposure to
socialist and revolutionary thinkers
🛠️
3. Ideological Journey
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Teenage Communism
(16 y.o) ☭
Inspired by social unrest after WWI ⚔️
Disillusioned after
1919 protest violence
🚧
Result: Rejection of
communism and fascism
❌
4. Career and Practical Experience
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Manual Labor
: Construction & woodworking 👷♂️
Real-world experience (vs. intellectual romanticism) 🔧
Social Worker
: Helping poor children 👶
Tour Guide
: Vienna (1925) 🏰
Teaching and Academia 🎓
5. Major Works
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
(1934) 🔬
Introduced
falsification
(disproving vs. verifying) 🧪
The Open Society and Its Enemies
(1945) 🏛️
Critique of
totalitarianism
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Promotes
open, evolving political systems
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6. Philosophical Contributions
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Falsification
: Scientific method shift ⚡
Hypotheses must be
testable and falsifiable
✅❌
Open Society
: Democracy > Dictatorship 🗳️
Critical of communism and fascism ❌☠️
Governments must evolve through
peace, not revolution
🕊️
7. Challenges and Recognition
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Visa Issues
(1956) 🛂
Denied entry to
Stanford
(Cold War) ❄️
Cause: Youth
communist affiliation
☭
Global Recognition 🏅
Respected as anti-totalitarian philosopher 🌎
8. Key Themes and Lessons
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Critical Thought
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Open-Mindedness
🚪
Real-World Experience
🔧
Non-Violence
✌️
Intellectual Humility
🎓