falsificationism

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Noun

falsificationism (uncountable)

1. (epistemology) A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.

Related terms

• false
• falsify
• falsification

Translations

• French: falsificationnisme

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