Question

This thinker promoted the idea that empirical scientific theories can never truly be proven, but can be disproven, which he referred to as falsifiability. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this philosopher who criticized the theories of Hegel, Marx, and Plato in his work The Open Society and Its Enemies.
ANSWER: Karl Popper [or Karl Raimund Popper]
[10e] Popper’s theory of falsifiability called into question this type of reasoning which draws conclusions based on observations and is contrasted with deduction.
ANSWER: induction [accept inductive reasoning]
[10h] Popper convinced this other thinker that induction was irrational before his break with him in the 1960s. This thinker later wrote the book Against Method.
ANSWER: Paul Feyerabend [or Paul Karl Feyerabend]
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Chicago AWUSTL10101030
MissouriPurdue B10101030
Purdue AOhio State A10101030
Ohio State BChicago D010010
Ohio State CChicago C010010
Chicago BPurdue C010010
Michigan ASIUE A1010020
Michigan BSIUE B1010020