''Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography'' is a 1976 book by the philosopher Karl Popper.Karl Popper (

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London and New York: Routledge The work first appeared with the title "Autobiography of Karl Popper" in ''The Philosophy of Karl Popper'' (1974) from the

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series. The book chronicles Popper's life from the beginning, including wider implications he drew from his experiences. In chapter 1, "Omniscience and Fallibility," for example, he describes his apprenticeship to a cabinetmaker while he was a university student. His master invited him to ask anything he liked, because, with due modesty, the master claimed to know everything. Popper writes that he became a disciple of

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and learned more about the

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, including how little he knew, from his 'omniscient master' than from his university teachers. Other thematic chapter subjects include music, education, philosophical problems Popper encountered, and his differences from other philosophers, whether earlier or contemporary. These are woven into an account of events in his life and research programmes that he developed.Karl R. Popper (

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'', and the origins of '

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' to describe the approach he espoused.

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. ''Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography''
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(1973). ''Popper''
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