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Karl Popper at ninety: Highlights of a lifelong intellectual quest

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On the occasion of his ninetieth birthday, Karl Popper's lifelong pursuit of answers in several areas of scientific and philosophical thinking is briefly traced, mainly with reference to excerpts from his own writings.

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  1. Università di Bari, Italy

    Franco Selleri

  2. University of Denver, USA

    Alwyn van der Merwe

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Selleri, F., van der Merwe, A. Karl Popper at ninety: Highlights of a lifelong intellectual quest. Found Phys 21, 1375–1386 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01889650

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