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Karl Popper1902–1994

Karl Popper on science

Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.

Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963), Ch. 1 “Science: Conjectures and Refutations”, Section VII

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