falsificationism

noun

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, then it is not a scientific claim.

OriginEnglish falsification →
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Meanings

nounfalsificationism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableepistemologyA 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, then it is not a scientific claim.

Origin

  1. Englishfalse
  2. Englishfalsification
  3. Englishfalsificationism

From falsification + -ism.

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Translations

Dutch falsificationisme
  • falsificationismescientific philosophy
French falsificationnisme
  • falsificationnismescientific philosophy
Polish falsyfikacjonizm
  • falsyfikacjonizmscientific philosophy
Turkish yanlışlamacılık
  • yanlışlamacılıkscientific philosophy
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APA

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Chicago

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