《历史决定论的贫困》是卡尔·波普的最重要的著作之一,而就在这一著作中,他集中攻击了历史决定论的主张,阐述了他的“历史进程无规律论”。 波普认为,人类社会的“进化”过程,与生物进化过程一样,是不能说有什么规律存在的。他说,“能否有一条进化规律呢?……我相信这个问题的答案只能是否定的,而且,探求进化的‘不变秩序’的规律不能属于科学方法的范围,无论对生物学或社会学来 “Poverty of Historical Determinism” is one of Karl Popper's most important books. In this book, he focused his attack on the assertion of historical determinism and expounded his “unopposed historical process.” Popper believes that the “evolutionary” process of human society, like the biological evolutionary process, can not be said to have any laws. He said: "Is there an evolutionary law? ... I believe the answer to this question can only be negative, and the law of 'invariant order' that explores evolution can not fall within the scope of scientific methods, either for biology or Sociology