confirmability

English

Etymology

confirm +‎ -ability

Noun

confirmability (plural confirmabilities)

1. The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
   • 1968, G. Schlesinger, “Confirmability and Determinism,”, in The Philosophical Quarterly, volume 18, number 70, page 30:

     Nothing seems more natural than to approach confirmability via confirmation.

   • 2003, Frederik A. Muller, “Refutability Revamped: How Quantum Mechanics Saves the Phenomena,”, in Erkenntnis, volume 58, number 2, page 190:

     So the confirmability as well as the refutability of our theories (conditional if not categorical) are necessary conditions for the possibility of science.

Synonyms

• verifiability