The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
| Author | Karl Popper |
|---|---|
| Published | 1934 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Popper’s argument that induction cannot ground science: what separates science from non-science is not verification but falsifiability — whether a theory forbids anything and so exposes itself to a test that could kill it. Knowledge advances by bold conjectures severely tested, which means the best theories are the riskiest ones still standing. |
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Where I heard about it
- On Jay’s investing reading list — a Google Sheet of 92 books by discipline, saved in Kyle’s Roam notes on April 15th, 2020 (Jay’s Investing Reading List). Jay’s reason: “Falsification / corroboration”
- Li Lu — on Li Lu’s Recommended Book List, the 137-entry Himalaya Capital bibliography, in the section it opens with — science, philosophy, evolution and the history of human civilization — which supplies the epistemology before any of the investing arrives. He lists the Routledge 2002 edition.
Connections
- Li Lu’s Recommended Book List — the list this came from.
- Karl Popper — the author; his The Open Society and its Enemies is the adjacent entry in the same section of Li Lu’s list.
- Falsifiability — the criterion this book introduced.
- Epistemology, Science — the ground the argument is fought on.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.