Discussion On Karl Popper's Thoughts About Truth

This article inducts and sorts out systematically Karl Popper's a series of thoughts about truth in the changing period of his philosophy of science by thorough reading Popper's main philosophy books about science, which comprise the concept of truth, the characteristics of truth and the relation between science and truth, etc. Regarding Karl Popper's thoughts about truth as a research angle of view and following the development of Popper's philosophy of science, This article expounds its view on some important problems below by analying the three judgement standards on science theory which form the first theme of falsificationism presented in different periods deepingly.lt insists that Popper's philosophy of science is consistent and compact from start to finish though his thoughts has a tortuous process. Karl Popper's methodology of falsificationism emphasizes the leading role of critism and revolution in the advancement of science knowledge indeed, and at the same time, it also thinks highly of the stability of science theory due to Popper's thorough explanations on the judgement standards through the concepts "degree of falsification", "degree of corroboration" and "degree of versimilitude", etc. Karl Popper's methodology of falsificationism not only emphasizes the unifying of denial and affirmation, the unifying of falsification and "verification" consistently in approaching the increasing process of science knowledge, but also overcomes going one extreme to the other successfully. The famous tetradicschema also emphasizes the unifying of denial and affirmation, the unifying of falsification and "verification" consistently in approaching the increasing pattern of science knowledge because Popper combine the tetradicschema and the versimilitude of science. Karl Popper's epistemology theory is complicated, which has obvious materialism tendency, and at the same time,possesses a little colouring of agnosticism. This article thinks Popper's concept of versimilitude of science is realistic and reasonable. To construct the reasonable concepts system of Marxism truth theory, This article discusses the meaning and using of some concepts such as truth, relativity of truth and absolutivity of truth, relativetruth and absolute truth, etc.