Falsifikasi Karl R. Popper dalam Ekonomi Syariah

Abstract

One of the functions of the human mind is to think rationally and scientifically. This gave birth to an idea about a theory of knowledge (epistemology) which is part of the philosophy of science with various schools and figures, namely rationalism, empiricism, positivism, and criticism. However, the existing schools received special attention because there were still many shortcomings in them, one of which was August Comte's positivism which was criticized by Karl R. Popper. Not stopping at criticism, Popper also offers new principles as a solution to the problems he criticizes. Through the three stages of the world, namely the physical world of nature, the human world and its psychological processes and the world of science. According to Popper, the truth of a science is not determined through justification (verification), but through the denial of propositions built by science itself (falsification). Therefore, the author tries to explain how the relevance of the epistemology of Karl R. Popper with economics and Islamic thought through a historical-philosophical approach. Through this approach, the author concludes that all knowledge has the possibility to be falsified, and Islamic economics is no exception.