falsificationism
nounEtymology From falsification + -ism.
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Epistemology, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences 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.
- Derived terms
- naive falsificationism, sophisticated falsificationism
- Related terms
- false, falsification, falsify, critical rationalism