Falsifiability
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falsifiability-212-24846
title:
Falsifiability
text:
Falsifiability is a deductive standard of evaluation of scientific theories and hypotheses, introduced by the philosopher of science Karl Popper in his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934). A theory or hypothesis is falsifiable if it can be logically contradicted by an empirical test. Popper emphasized the asymmetry created by the relation of a universal law with basic observation statements and contrasted falsifiability to the intuitively similar concept of verifiability that was then
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Property of a statement that can be logically contradicted
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability
date created:
2001-11-13T03:52:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T02:14:58Z
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