falsifiability

Property of a theory/hypothesis/statement that can be logically contradicted by an empirical test or a fact

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Also known as refutability · criterion of falsifiability

Subclass of: criterion
, epistemological values
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1.Stated in Philosophy and the precautionary principle: science, evidence, and environmental policy
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Falsifiability is a standard of evaluation of scientific statements, including theories and hypotheses. A statement is falsifiable if it belongs to a language or logical structure capable of describing an empirical observation that contradicts it.

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Used by: scientific viewpoint statement supported by: critical rationalism
Partially coincident with: testability
Facet of: critical rationalism
demarcation problem
Different from: falsificationism
Theorized by: Karl Popper(1934)
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1.Stated in The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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