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    This document discusses science, technology, and society and the human condition. It introduces falsification theory, which asserts that an ideology should be accepted if it is not proven false and best explains a phenomenon over other theories. It describes Karl Popper, the prominent proponent of falsification theory, as an Austrian-British philosopher and professor known for critiquing theories like Marx's theory of social history and Freud's psychoanalysis. Additionally, it notes that science is now viewed more as a social endeavor that benefits society, rather than solely belonging to scientists in laboratories.

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    This document discusses science, technology, and society and the human condition. It introduces falsification theory, which asserts that an ideology should be accepted if it is not proven false and best explains a phenomenon over other theories. It describes Karl Popper, the prominent proponent of falsification theory, as an Austrian-British philosopher and professor known for critiquing theories like Marx's theory of social history and Freud's psychoanalysis. Additionally, it notes that science is now viewed more as a social endeavor that benefits society, rather than solely belonging to scientists in laboratories.

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    SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION

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    This document discusses science, technology, and society and the human condition. It introduces falsification theory, which asserts that an ideology should be accepted if it is not proven false and best explains a phenomenon over other theories. It describes Karl Popper, the prominent proponent of falsification theory, as an Austrian-British philosopher and professor known for critiquing theories like Marx's theory of social history and Freud's psychoanalysis. Additionally, it notes that science is now viewed more as a social endeavor that benefits society, rather than solely belonging to scientists in laboratories.

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    Science, Technology, and Society and The Human Condition

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    This document discusses science, technology, and society and the human condition. It introduces falsification theory, which asserts that an ideology should be accepted if it is not proven false and best explains a phenomenon over other theories. It describes Karl Popper, the prominent proponent of falsification theory, as an Austrian-British philosopher and professor known for critiquing theories like Marx's theory of social history and Freud's psychoanalysis. Additionally, it notes that science is now viewed more as a social endeavor that benefits society, rather than solely belonging to scientists in laboratories.

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    CHAPTER II

    SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND


    SOCIETY AND THE HUMAN
    CONDITION
    Introduction
    • "Good spirited"
    • As time change, elements that comprise human Flo
    urishing changed.
    • People found means live more comfortably, explore
    more places, develop more products and make mor
    e money and repeating the full circle
    FALCIFICATION THEORY

    • Asserts that as long as an ideology is no


    t proven to be false and can best explai
    n a phenomenon over alternative theori
    es we should accept the said ideology.
    • Karl Popper is the known as the propon
    ent of this view.
    KARL POPPER
    Karl Popper

    • He is a Austrian-British Philosopher and


    professor.
    • He was notorious for stating that up-an
    d-coming theories of the time, such as
    Marx's theory of Social History and Sigm
    und Frued's Psychoanalysis.
    SCIENCE AS A SOCIAL ENDEAVOR

    • Sciences cease to belong solely to gown


    wearing, bespectacled scientists at labo
    ratories.
    • The new view perpetuates a dimension
    which generally benefits the society.

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