Abstract

Karl Popper’s achievement in defence of democracy was as the result of his philosophy of science (critical philosophy or critical rationalism) which subjects every truth to criticism. This is one of the contemporary philosophies that centres on the claim or assertion of being system of thought. This quality particularly lies in the feature cognizable to Popper’s readers that ideas originally worked out in the natural sciences are extended and applied coherently to the social and political society. He opted for open society contrary to close society characterized by utopian social engineering. The paper properly evaluates Karl Popper’s democratic theory and pinpoints the relevant ideas for national development.

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