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| - | '''Sir Karl Raimund Popper''' ([[July 28]], [[1902]] – [[September 17]], [[1994]]), was an [[Austria]]n-born [[United Kingdom|British]] [[philosopher]] and a professor at the [[London School of Economics]]. He is counted among the most influential [[philosophy of science|philosophers of science]] of the [[20th century]], and also wrote extensively on social and political philosophy. Popper is perhaps best known for repudiating the classical [[observationalist]]-[[Inductivism|inductivist]] account of [[scientific method]] by advancing empirical [[falsifiability]] as the criterion for distinguishing [[scientific theory]] from [[non-science]]; and for his vigorous defense of [[liberal democracy]] and the principles of [[social criticism]] which he took to make the flourishing of the "[[open society]]" possible. | ||
| + | '''The London School of Economics and Political Science''', more commonly referred to as '''The London School of Economics''' or '''LSE''', is a specialist college of the [[University of London]] in [[London]], [[England]]. It was founded in 1895. | ||
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The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the University of London in London, England. It was founded in 1895.
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