falsificationism

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Meaning

1. 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.

Similar words

popperian refutationism epistemicism factualism scientific method factual relativism verificationism naturalism antimetaphysicalism positivism

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