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Karl Popper

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society1902 to 1994

Wikidata names Karl Bühler and Moritz Schlick as doctoral advisors and lists 2 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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Karl Bühler
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Moritz Schlick

Students on Wikidata2

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Charles Leonard Hamblin
born 1922
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A. I. Sabra
born 1924

Taught11

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Imre Lakatos
born 1922
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Thomas Kuhn
born 1922
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
John W. N. Watkins
born 1924
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Paul Feyerabend
born 1924
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Joseph Agassi
born 1927
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
George Soros
born 1930
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
W. W. Bartley III
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Hubert Kiesewetter
born 1939
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Alan Musgrave
born 1940
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
David Miller
born 1942
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Tomáš Kulka
born 1948

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataKarl Bühlerstated by WikidataMoritz Schlick
2 steps up
stated by WikidataClemens Baeumkerstated by WikidataMax Planck
3 steps up
stated by WikidataAlexander von Brill
4 steps up
stated by WikidataAlfred Clebsch

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 3 people: 3 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

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On Questions of Method in the Psychology of Thinking
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career7

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from 1918
University of Vienna
studied
until 1928
University of Vienna
studied
1937 to 1945
University of Canterbury
worked
from 1946
London School of Economics and Political Science
worked
1949 to 1969
University of London
worked
undated
University of Cambridge
studied
undated
King's College London
worked

At a glance

known as: philosopher, philosopher of science, writer, university teacher, sociologist, mathematician, teacher
fields: philosophy, epistemology, rationality, philosophy of science, logic, political philosophy, social philosophy, abiogenesis, quantum mechanics
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Letters, 1971
awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, 1980, Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna, Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Otto Hahn Peace Medal, 1993, Catalonia International Prize, 1989, Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize, 1981, Montyon Prize, 2003, Goethe Medal, 1992, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, 1977, honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, 1991, honorary doctorate of Salzburg University, Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, 1992, Fellow of the British Academy, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, 1980, honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Knight Bachelor, Companion of Honour, 1982, Prix Alexis de Tocqueville, 1984, Sonning Prize, 1973, honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, from 1965, honorary doctor of the University of Canterbury, 1973, Benjamin E. Lippincott Award, 1976
member of: Royal Society of London, from 1976, British Academy, 1958, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 1982, Mont Pelerin Society, International Academy of the History of Science, National Academy of Sciences, from 1986
notable works: The Logic of Scientific Discovery, The Open Society and Its Enemies, The Poverty of Historicism, Conjectures and Refutations, Objective Knowledge, Unended Quest, The Self and Its Brain
Wikipedia: in 128 languages

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stated by WikidataVIAF88801921
stated by WikidataGND118595830
stated by WikidataIdRef027079430
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121428792

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lineage

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@misc{academicancestry_Q81244,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Karl Popper: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q81244},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Karl Popper: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q81244