KARL POPPER

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• KARL POPPER (noun)
  The noun KARL POPPER has 1 sense:

1. British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)

  Familiarity information: KARL POPPER used as a noun is very rare.

• KARL POPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)

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Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Karl Popper; Popper; Sir Karl Raimund Popper

Hypernyms ("Karl Popper" is a kind of...):

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)