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Karl Popper
[1902-94]
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"We do not know, we guess."
"Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell."
"Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: There will always be some who misunderstand you."
"The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement."
"Political freedom - freedom from despotism - is the most important of all political values. And we must always be prepared to struggle for political freedom.
It can always be lost. We should never sit back and assume that our freedom is secure." - in "All Life Is Problem Solving" [1994]
— Karl Popper
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Sir Karl Raimund Popper, CH FBA FRS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper
major/homepage
incomplete Karl Popper credits at Internet Movie Database
search books on keywords 'karl+popper' {returns almost 200 titles} at Amazon
Major Works
search books on keywords 'karl+popper' {returns almost 200 titles} at Amazon
"The Two Fundamental Problems of The Theory of Knowledge (Die Beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie), 1930-1933"
(originally circulated as typescript, as a German book 1979, as English translation 2008), ISBN 0-415-39431-7
 | "The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Logik der Forschung)" [Germany 1934, English 1959]
the 1959 English edition is a condensed version of "Two Fundamental Problems" translated by Karl Popper, with 150 new pages Kindle Edition from Routledge [2005 edition] for $27.49 Martino Fine Books 9¼x6¼ pb [12/2014] for $15.95 Routledge 7¾x5 pb [3/2002] for $29.50 Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [10/92] out of print/used Routledge 8½x5½ hardcover [3/2002] for $105.44 {sic} book entry at Wikipedia |
"The Poverty of Historicism" [1936] ISBN 0-415-06569-0
(1936 private reading at a meeting in Brussels; 1944/45 as a series of journal articles in Econometrica; 1957 as a book)
"The Open Society and Its Enemies" [1945] by Karl Popper
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AZ4NWGU/
http://www.amazon.com/Open-Society-Enemies-Princeton-Classics-ebook/dp/B08G3J27MN/
http://www.amazon.com/Open-Society-Enemies-Princeton-Classics/dp/0691210845/
http://www.amazon.com/Open-Society-Enemies-Routledge-Classics/dp/1138126802/
"The Open Society and its Enemies, Volume 1: The Spell of Plato" (Routledge Classics) Vol 1 ISBN 0-415-29063-5
http://www.amazon.com/Open-Society-its-Enemies-2002-07-11/dp/B01JXSE3A2/
"The Open Society and Its Enemies, Volume 2: Hegel, Marx, and The Aftermath" Vol 2 ISBN 0-415-29063-5
http://www.amazon.com/Open-Society-its-Enemies-Routledge/dp/B01181ZC1Q/
"Quantum Theory and The Schism In Physics, 1956/57"
(as privately circulated galley proofs; published as a book 1982), ISBN 0-415-09112-8
"The Open Universe: An Argument For Indeterminism, 1956/57"
(as privately circulated galley proofs; published as a book 1982), ISBN 0-415-07865-2
"Realism and The Aim of Science, 1956/57"
(as privately circulated galley proofs; published as a book 1983), ISBN 0-09-151450-9
"Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge" [1963] ISBN 0-415-04318-2
"Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach" [1972, rev 1979] ISBN 0-19-875024-2
"Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography" 2002? [1976]. ISBN 0-415-28589-5 (ISBN 0-415-28590-9)
"The Self and Its Brain: An Argument For Interactionism" [1977] with Sir John C. Eccles ISBN 0-415-05898-8
"In Search of A Better World" [1984] ISBN 0-415-13548-6
"Die Zukunft Ist Offen (The Future Is Open)" [1985 in German] with Konrad Lorenz ISBN 3-492-00640-X
"A World of Propensities" [1990] ISBN 1-85506-000-0
"The Lesson of This Century" [1992] Interviewer Giancarlo Bosetti, English translation by Patrick Camiller ISBN 0-415-12958-3
"All Life Is Problem Solving" [1994] ISBN 0-415-24992-9
"The Myth of The Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality" [1994] Edited by Mark Amadeus Notturno ISBN 0-415-13555-9
"Knowledge and The Mind-Body Problem: In Defence of Interaction" [1994] Edited by Mark Amadeus Notturno ISBN 0-415-11504-3
"The World of Parmenides: Essays On The Presocratic Enlightenment" [1998] by Karl R. Popper
Edited by Arne F. Petersen, with Jørgen Mejer
http://www.amazon.com/World-Parmenides-Essays-Presocratic-Enlightenment-ebook/dp/B00HDE4IKY/ Dec 16, 2013
http://www.amazon.com/World-Parmenides-Essays-Presocratic-Enlightenment-dp-0415237300/dp/0415237300/ March 2001
http://www.amazon.com/World-Parmenides-Essays-Presocratic-Enlightenment-dp-0415173019/dp/0415173019/ October 1998
http://www.amazon.com/World-Parmenides-Presocratic-Enlightenment-Routledge-ebook/dp/B0081YT562/
"After The Open Society" [2008] Edited by Jeremy Shearmur & Piers Norris Turner ISBN 978-0-415-30908-0
contains a large number of Popper's previously unpublished or uncollected writings on political and social themes
"Frühe Schriften" [2006] Edited by Troels Eggers Hansen ISBN 978-3-16-147632-7
includes Popper's writings and publications from before the Logic, including his previously unpublished thesis, dissertation,
and published journal articles that relate to the Wiener Schulreform
Other Works
[ to be added ]
Stageplays, Movies, Other Media
incomplete Karl Popper credits at Internet Movie Database
"Interview: Karl Popper" [Open Universiteit, 1988]
"Mein Europa - Ein Dorf: 70 Jahre Festspiele des Wissens (My Europe - A Village: 70 Years of Knowledge Festivals)"
[Rai Südtirol/Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF-TV) Aug 2015]
episode of the "Menschen & Mächte (People & Powers)" documentary TV series [2007-2018]
 | The European Forum Alpbach was established in 1945 as Ijnternational Summer Seminars, and they credit Karl Popper for his major influence in its first 15 years; the exact date of Popper's appearances there, or video clips included here are not found; filmed in 2014 • Co-produced & directed by Kurt Langbein; narration by Matthias Euba, Valentin Schreyer, Meret Engelhardt; featuring philosopher Hans Albert, Finanzminister Hannes Androsch, banker Kurt Bayer, Cecily Corti, Barbara Coudenhove-Calergi, Ivo Frithjof Fischer, Irmgard Griss, Koschka Hetzer-Molden, Taulant Hodaj, Ferdi-nand Kirchhof, journalist Peter Lachnit, French journalist Danny Leder, Sanja Milosavljevic, Federica Pesce, Karel Schwarzenberg, Milana Sredojevic, Zoran Stefanovski, banker Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Elisabeth Urbancic; people connected to Alpbach & Forum Alpbach: Arnulf Braunizer, Erhard Busek, Caspar Einem, Franz Fischler, Luggi Mayr-hofer, Fritz Molden, Hanna Molden, Otto Molden (archive footage), Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Claus J. Raidl; with archive footage/photos of Theodor W. Adorno [1903-69], Nobel- laureate Ernst Boris Chain, Moshe Dayan, Indira Gandhi, Konrad Lorenz, philosopher Simon Moser, Karl Popper, Erwin Schrödinger [1887-1961]
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • watch full movie [5/2020 upload; 1:01:16] online at YouTube |
"Soros: Quantum of Destruction" propaganda film [Russia 2017] (archive photos) /tt10584600/
Works About Karl Popper
 | "Philosophy and The Real World: An Introduction To Karl Popper" [1985] by Bryan Magee Open Court Publng 8½x5½ pb [6/85] for $16.40 |
 | "Karl Popper" German-language biography [1994] by Manfred Geier
German-language Kindle Edition from Rowohlt Taschenbuch [8/2019] for $4.99 German-language Rowohlt Taschenbuch mass pb [1994] for $21.98 |
 | "An Introduction To The Thought of Karl Popper" [1996] by Roberta Corvi
Kindle Edition from Routledge [2005 edition] for $40.49 {sic} Routledge pb [12/96] for $44.95 Routledge 8½x5½ hardcover [12/96] for $167.00 {sic} |
 | "Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of A Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers" [2001 bestseller] by David Edmonds & John Eidinow In October 1946, Austrian philosopher Karl Popper was invited to lecture at Cambridge University in England. A meeting was arranged with fellow Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein [1889-1951], along with their common mentor Bertrand Russell. But the great minds clashed from the beginning, sparks flew, and Wittgenstein supposedly threatened Popper with a fireplace poker. Accounts of witnesses vary in extreme, and the authors here attempt to determine the facts. Harper Perennial 7¼x5¼ pb [9/2002] for $9.64 Faber & Faber 7½x5 pb [4/2002] out of print/used Ecco Press 7¼x5¼ hardcover [10/2001] out of print/scores used |
"Karl Popper: Critical Appraisals" [12/2004] by Philip Catton & Graham MacDonald
http://www.amazon.com/Karl-Popper-Appraisals-Philip-Catton-ebook/dp/B000OT7V1S/
http://www.amazon.com/Karl-Popper-Appraisals-Philip-Catton-dp-0415319706/dp/0415319706/
"Karl Popper and The Social Sciences" [2006] by William A. Gorton
http://www.amazon.com/Karl-Popper-Social-Sciences-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B00CPJ7NRC/ 2/2012
http://www.amazon.com/Karl-Popper-Social-Sciences-Philosophy/dp/0791466620/ 1/2006
"Karl Popper (Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers Series)" [2010] by Phil Parvin
http://www.amazon.com/Popper-Major-Conservative-Libertarian-Thinkers-ebook/dp/B00DY4CJFS/ Aug 1, 2013
http://www.amazon.com/Popper-Major-Conservative-Libertarian-Thinkers-dp-1441185399/dp/1441185399/ Aug 1, 2013
http://www.amazon.com/Popper-Major-Conservative-Libertarian-Thinkers-dp-0826432220/dp/0826432220/ June 17, 2010)
"The Cambridge Companion To Popper" [6/2016] by Jeremy Shearmur & Geoffrey Stokes
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Popper-Companions-Philosophy-ebook/dp/B01CJUV33Q/
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Popper-Companions-Philosophy-dp-0521856450/dp/0521856450/
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Friends & Family & Colleagues
Karl Raimund Popper was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary in July 1902; he became a British citizen in 1945;
he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1965;
he died in September 1994 at age 92 in London, England.
wife & colleague Josefine Anna Henninger Popper [1906-85] - married in 1930
the couple chose not to have children because of the circumstances of wartime
Colleagues
doctoral advisor Karl Ludwig Bühler
doctoral advisor Moritz Schlick [1882-1936]
doctoral student Joseph Agassi
doctoral student Paul K. Feyerabend [1924-94]
doctoral student Charles Leonard Hamblin
doctoral student Imre Lakatos
doctoral student Alan Musgrave
doctoral student A.I. Sabra
notable student Donald A. Gillies
notable student John W.N. Watkins
colleague & lifelong friend Sir John C. Eccles [1903-97]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eccles_(neurophysiologist)
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Wikipedia
incomplete Karl Popper credits at Internet Movie Database
search books on keywords 'karl+popper' {returns almost 200 titles} at Amazon
S.E.P. pages
at Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP)
The Karl Popper Web at Dublin City University
The Oxford Karl Popper Society 
Oxford Karl Popper Society YouTube Channel [est. 11/2020]
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