The Logic of Scientific Discovery

Spring 2020
Essay on the logic of Karl Popper’s The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Instructions: Write a 1500 word essay about analyzing the logical principles at work in Popper’s famous work.

1. Read Chapter 1, sections 1-8 of The Logic of Scientific Discovery. I make recommendations about breaking
2. This is an expository writing assignment and should be guided by these main ideas (please elaborate): A. K
   method relies upon a theory’s falsifiability. How? C. Describe how the structure of falsifiability parallels the squ
3. Look up and annotate two peer-reviewed articles or books. Please use the library databases which CUNY a
   the library at the start of every semester. To access the databases, go to https://library.citytech.cuny.edu/. Then
4. I recommend doing a free-write prior to writing your final draft and using a graphic tree organizer to organize
   Google books has a preview of the Logic of Scientific Discovery that includes all the relevant sections relevant
   https://books.google.com/books?
   id=LWSBAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=logic+of+scientific+discovery+popper&hl=en&newbks=1&newb