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Scientific top in popper’ thought

The philosophy of science discusses about methods of production of science or how the knowledge is gotten about the world. Some of these approaches are logical and rational arguments and inferences, empirical approaches that are called induction, and falsifiability. Popper has presented falsifiability against positivism. His theory based on rejection of induction. This critic on philosophy of science has emphasized that scientific propositions have not depended on repeatedly observed instances. One irregular mistake in the observed instances can be refuted the statement.

In popper’ school, critical rationalism, abolition the statements has defined as basis of empirical sciences. It leads to more movement and more development in knowledge and unsatisfactory of scientific growth in specific stages, which are, called law or theory. The knowledge growth enhances much rapidly. There is not stopping point when scientist conjectures and attempt hardly to reject his/her congestion.

In this theory, scientist efforts continually to cancel the scientific laws and theories with annulling/abolition instances. This process is the best starting point for the scientific growing. If the determined number of observed instances is sufficient for proving a theory. This substantiation stage is halting/discontinuance stage. With the premises above, the growing of science depends on repetition of observed instances but there is not stopping point in critical rationalism by rejecting credibility of

determined observed instances.

There is much criticism on critical rationalism, which was, be mentioned from different aspects. Disproving causation law with finding abolition instances weakens the knowledge framework. An annulling instance must be canceling both result and condition of a cause of theory but it announced that result rejection is sufficient.

It san be concluded, despite the strong criticisms on critical rationalism, it is the beneficial school to speed of scientific growing. This school consistently tries to revoke the old theory and law and efforts to find a false instance.

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