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Popper, Sir Karl
     
Popper, Sir Karl
(1902-94) a British philosopher, born in Austria, who believed that ideas about the world must be proved scientifically. His best known book, The Open Society and its Enemies, is an attack on political systems in which the state has too much control, especially Communism.
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