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Falsifiability (or re****ability) is a
deductive standard of
evaluation of
scientific theories and hypotheses,
introduced by the
philosopher of science...
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proven false, a
foundation on
which he was to
propose his
criterion of
falsifiability.
Verificationism allows existential statements, such as “unicorns exist”...
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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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emphasized the
criterion of
falsifiability to
distinguish science from non-science. Statements, hypotheses, or
theories have
falsifiability or re****ability if...
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scientific method.
There are two
components to testability:
Falsifiability or defeasibility,
which means that
counterexamples to the hypothesis...
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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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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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Science and non-science are
often distinguished by the
criterion of
falsifiability. The
criterion was
first proposed by
philosopher of
science Karl Popper...
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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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particular methodology for
literary analysis. See also:
Empiricism Falsifiability (especially, "Naïve falsification")
Thomas Ernst Uebel (1992). Overcoming...
