falsificationism

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epistemological doctrine philosophy of science scientific methodology theory of scientific rationality

Falsificationism is a philosophy of science, chiefly associated with Karl Popper, which holds that scientific theories can never be conclusively verified but can and should be rigorously tested and potentially refuted by empirical evidence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
critical rationalism	5
Karl Popper's falsificationism	1
falsificationism canonical	1
theory of falsifiability	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epistemological doctrine ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ scientific methodology ⓘ theory of scientific rationality ⓘ
addresses	problem of induction ⓘ scientific progress ⓘ
aimsAt	increasing verisimilitude of theories ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	critical rationalism ⓘ
articulatedIn	Conjectures and Refutations ⓘ The Logic of Scientific Discovery ⓘ
associatedWith	Karl Popper ⓘ
contrastsWith	confirmation holism ⓘ inductivism ⓘ
coreClaim	scientific theories can be refuted by empirical evidence ⓘ scientific theories can never be conclusively verified ⓘ scientific theories should be subjected to rigorous tests ⓘ the mark of a scientific theory is falsifiability ⓘ
criterionFor	demarcation between science and non-science ⓘ
criticizedBy	Imre Lakatos ⓘ Paul Feyerabend ⓘ Thomas Kuhn ⓘ
developedBy	Karl Popper ⓘ
developedIn	20th century ⓘ
emphasizes	conjectures and refutations ⓘ refutation over verification ⓘ severe testing of hypotheses ⓘ
holdsThat	a single counter-instance can falsify a universal law ⓘ no amount of positive instances can conclusively confirm a universal law ⓘ
implies	scientific knowledge is provisional ⓘ scientific theories are conjectural ⓘ
influenced	methodology of modern science ⓘ philosophy of scientific practice ⓘ
influencedBy	Albert Einstein ⓘ David Hume ⓘ
normativeClaim	scientists should try to refute rather than confirm their theories ⓘ
opposes	logical positivism ⓘ verificationism ⓘ
relatedTo	fallibilism ⓘ hypothetico-deductive method ⓘ scientific realism ⓘ
requires	openness to refutation ⓘ potentially falsifying observations ⓘ testable predictions ⓘ
supports	methodological skepticism ⓘ rational criticism of theories ⓘ
usedIn	experimental design ⓘ hypothesis testing ⓘ
viewOnTheories	theories are accepted tentatively until falsified ⓘ