Falsifiability (or refutability) is a deductive standard of evaluation of scientific theories and hypotheses, introduced by the philosopher of science...
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Verificationism (section Falsifiability)
proven false, a foundation on which he was to propose his criterion of falsifiability. Verificationism allows existential statements, like “unicorns exist”...
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and the scientific method. There are two components to testability: Falsifiability or defeasibility, which means that counterexamples to the hypothesis...
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Pseudoscience (section Falsifiability)
emphasized the criterion of falsifiability to distinguish science from non-science. Statements, hypotheses, or theories have falsifiability or refutability if...
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Demarcation problem (section Falsifiability)
later work, he stated that falsifiability is both a necessary and sufficient criterion for demarcation. He described falsifiability as a property of "the logical...
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between verification and falsifiability lies at the heart of his philosophy of science. It also inspired him to take falsifiability as his criterion of demarcation...
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Measurement (Outline of metrology and measurement) Hypothesis pro:Karl Popper Falsifiability con:Paul Feyerabend Statistical hypothesis testing Experiment Laboratory...
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Science"'. Popper argues that science should adopt a methodology based on falsifiability, because no number of experiments can ever prove a theory, but a reproducible...
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is proven to be either "true" or "false" through a verifiability- or falsifiability-oriented experiment. Any useful hypothesis will enable predictions by...
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Solipsism (section Falsifiability and testability)
best to act assuming that the world is independent of our minds. (See Falsifiability and testability below) Origins of solipsist thought are found in Greece...
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