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Property of a statement that can be logically contradicted
described four kinds of falsificationisms: Dogmatic falsificationism – ignores both types of problems. Methodological falsificationism – addresses the first
Falsifiability
Topics referred to by the same term
progress in "Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes" by Imre Lakatos Dogmatic falsificationism Naive falsificationism Sophisticated
Falsificationism
Philosophical doctrine
the rise of various forms of postpositivism in which Karl Popper's falsificationism, historically oriented accounts of scientific change and more pluralist
Verificationism
Traditional, still commonplace view of scientific method to develop scientific theories
asserting since the 1930s a strong hypotheticodeductivism called falsificationism, attacked inductivism and its positivist variants, then in 1963 called
Inductivism
Austrian–British philosopher of science (1902–1994)
attempted to reconcile Kuhn's work with falsificationism by arguing that science progresses by the falsification of research programs rather than the more
Karl_Popper
Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science (1922–1974)
between Popper's falsificationism and the revolutionary structure of science described by Kuhn. Popper's standard of falsificationism was widely taken
Imre_Lakatos
Study of general and fundamental questions
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Philosophy
Metatheoretical stance on scientific inquiry
was Karl Popper. He advanced falsification in lieu of the logical positivist idea of verificationism. Falsificationism argues that it is impossible to
Postpositivism
Professional network conducting research
(with its ideas of normal science and paradigm shifts). Lakatos found falsificationism impractical and often not practiced, and found normal science—where
Research_program
Philosophical study of being
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Ontology
1975 book by Paul Feyerabend
[citation needed] Galileo's hypothesis also does not follow Popper's falsificationism, which suggests that we do not use ad hoc hypotheses. Aristotle's theory
Against_Method
Method of reasoning via argumentation and contradiction
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Dialectic
Rejection of certain ideas about reality
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Nihilism
Philosophical method and schools of philosophy
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Phenomenology_(philosophy)
Political philosophy and movement
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Anarchism
Branch of science about the natural world and its life forms.
2012. Retrieved October 21, 2012. "Criterion of falsifiability | Falsificationism, Popper, Hypotheses | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-09-12
Natural_science
State of being real
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Existence
19th century US philosophical movement
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Transcendentalism
Philosophical study of knowledge
Epistemological pluralism – School of thought in epistemology Knowledge falsification – Deliberate misrepresentation of knowledge Reformed epistemology –
Epistemology
Unscientific claims presented as scientific
outright...Lakatos sought to reconcile the rationalism of Popperian falsificationism with what seemed to be its own refutation by history". Many philosophers
Pseudoscience
Philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist
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Solipsism
Systematic study of values
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Value_theory
Theory that life is meaningless
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Absurdism
Philosophical study of beauty and art
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Aesthetics
Philosophical system
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Epicureanism
Cultural and artistic movement
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Modernism
Platonic philosophical system
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Neoplatonism
Philosophical system developed by Ayn Rand
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Objectivism
Range of related ideas and movements that have developed in the Western world
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Western_esotericism
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Timeline of Western philosophers
Timeline_of_Western_philosophers
Teachers of 5th century BC Greece
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Sophist
Concept of moral fairness and administration of the law
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Justice
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List_of_philosophies
Bias confirming existing attitudes
information theory as their standard of hypothesis-testing, rather than the falsificationism used by Wason. According to these ideas, each answer to a question
Confirmation_bias
Philosophical study of nature
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Natural_philosophy
Philosophy dealing with absurdity of existence
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Existentialism
Idea that knowledge comes only/mainly from sensory experience
"knowledge is tentative and probabilistic, subject to continued revision and falsification". Empirical research, including experiments and validated measurement
Empiricism
Philosophical movement
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German_idealism
Southern African philosophy
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Ubuntu_philosophy
Ancient Chinese political-philosophy school
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Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy)
Ancient philosophy
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Stoicism
Study of fundamental reality
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Metaphysics
Philosophy of the Western world
argued that verificationism was logically incoherent, promoting instead falsificationism as the basis for science. A further advancement in the philosophy of
Western_philosophy
Metaphysical question
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Why_is_there_anything_at_all?
The study of the methodological principles of interpretation
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Hermeneutics
Philosophical study of morality
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Ethics
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List of ancient Greek philosophers
List_of_ancient_Greek_philosophers
Principle about evidence
all evidence converge precisely with no deviations would be naïve falsificationism, equivalent to considering a single contrary result to falsify a theory
Consilience
How one process influences another
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Causality
Philosophical view that nothing is morally right or wrong
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Moral_nihilism
Philosophical school of thought
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Humanism
Medieval school of philosophy
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Scholasticism
Belief that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe
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Naturalism_(philosophy)
Aspect of the English philosopher's teachings
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Hobbes's moral and political philosophy
Hobbes's_moral_and_political_philosophy
Philosophical and literary concepts
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Apollonian_and_Dionysian
Philosophical approach to understanding science
taken to signify its non-existence. Falsificationism can be viewed at the statement level (naive falsificationism) or at the theorem level (more common
Critical realism (philosophy of the social sciences)
Critical_realism_(philosophy_of_the_social_sciences)
Ethical theory based on maximizing well-being
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Utilitarianism
Religious and philosophical tradition
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Taoism
Metaphysical thesis
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Physicalism
Topics referred to by the same term
with the intent to commit fraud or deception Self-falsification, e.g., the Liar's paradox Falsificationism (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists
Falsification
Concern for the well-being of others
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Altruism
Form of reasoning
person "at last wrings its neck instead". According to Karl Popper's falsificationism, deductive reasoning alone is sufficient. This is due to its truth-preserving
Deductive_reasoning
Philosophical position
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Idealism
Range of new religious beliefs and practices
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New_Age
Period of Western philosophy
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Hellenistic_philosophy
Truth, beauty, and goodness
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Transcendentals
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List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_centuries_BC
20th-century tradition of Western philosophy
on the scientific method in favor of a highly influential theory of falsification, using it to solve the demarcation problem. Quine and French scientist
Analytic_philosophy
Art blurring the boundaries between fiction and fact
1989. Hill said he drew inspiration from Karl Popper's concept of "falsificationism," Thomas Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and anarchist
Superfiction
Ancient school of philosophy
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Cynicism_(philosophy)
Philosophical tradition
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Pragmatism
Postulated primary cause of all activity in the universe
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Unmoved_mover
Moral philosophy or values of an individual
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Conscience
Branch of philosophy relating to spatiality and temporality
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Philosophy_of_space_and_time
Steps in reasoning
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Inference
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
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Confucianism
View that attributes oneness or singleness to a concept
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Monism
Type of cooperative argumentative dialogue
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Socratic_method
Term in Martin Heidegger's philosophy
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Dasein
Philosophical view
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Materialism
Study of the development of philosophy
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History_of_philosophy
Class of philosophies
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Posthumanism
Epistemological view centered on reason
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Rationalism
Basic distinction in philosophy
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Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy)
Subjectivity_and_objectivity_(philosophy)
Austrian philosopher of science (1924–1994)
by philosophers during Feyerabend's time (namely, inductivism and falsificationism). Starting from episodes in science that are generally regarded as
Paul_Feyerabend
Worship of or belief in multiple deities
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Polytheism
Belief that God and reality are identical
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Pantheism
Philosophical system originating from Thomas Aquinas
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Thomism
Philosophical origins and foundation of Western civilization
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Ancient_Greek_philosophy
Type of attempt to uncover truths
immediately rejected it, as Karl Popper's philosophical theory of falsificationism would have them do. Instead they have gone to considerable lengths
Objectivity_(science)
Philosophical traditions from mainland Europe
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Continental_philosophy
Quality of being agreeable to reason
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Rationality
Approach to social philosophy
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Critical_theory
Conscious event, perception or practical knowledge
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Experience
Totality of existing entities
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Reality
Study of correct reasoning
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Logic
Philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle
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Aristotelianism
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Glossary_of_philosophy
Two propositions or events that cannot both be true
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Mutual_exclusivity
Analytic philosophical methodology focused on the use of everyday language
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Ordinary_language_philosophy
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Tamil
Lord Shiva
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Meadow Near the Valley
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English (Devon)
English (Devon) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Deacon. The name in this spelling seems to have died out in England.
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German Polish
Fortunate heroine.
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Scottish form of Welsh Brychan, BRYCE means "pied, spotted, speckled."Â
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Flute
Girl/Female
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Combine Forces
Boy/Male
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The Lord's.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
God Raman
Girl/Female
Spanish
Religious holiday.
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