The 1992 Laureates / Creative Arts and Moral Sciences Category / Philosophy (Philosophical thoughts of the 20th century)

A philosopher symbolizing the open spirit of the 20th century who has exerted an enormous influence on the formation of the modern intellectual climate, not only in the particular realm of philosophy, but also those of cultural and social sciences, and even that of natural science. He has continued to grasp unerringly the import of new modes of societal development and his "critical rationalism" presents the possibility of disproof as the distinguishing feature of scientific thinking.