falsificationism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English false

English -ification

English falsification

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English falsificationism

From falsification + -ism.

Noun

falsificationism (uncountable)

1. (epistemology, philosophy) 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.

Derived terms

• naive falsificationism
• sophisticated falsificationism

Related terms

• false
• falsification
• falsify

Translations

scientific philosophy

• Dutch: falsificationisme n
• French: falsificationnisme (fr) m
• Polish: falsyfikacjonizm m
• Turkish: yanlışlamacılık

See also

• critical rationalism