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Popperian

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Popperian [pɒˈpɪərɪən]
adj
(Philosophy) of or relating to Sir Karl Popper, the Austrian-born British philosopher (1902-94)
n
(Philosophy) a follower or admirer of Popper


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According to its author, a professor in the University of Geneva, by eliminating the risks of globalization the world could become an 'open society' in the Popperian sense, embracing the universal peace envisaged by Immanuel Kant.
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Concluding comments Considered in Popperian or Lakatosian terms, the 'New Economy' claim that Australia experienced a productivity surge in the 1990s, driven by microeconomic reform in the preceding decade, must be regarded as a refuted hypothesis.
 
 
 
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