falsificationism

English

Etymology

falsification +‎ -ism

Noun

falsificationism (uncountable)

1. (epistemology) 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 it is not a scientific claim.

Derived terms

• naive falsificationism
• sophisticated falsificationism

Related terms

• false
• falsify
• falsification

Translations

scientific philosophy

• Dutch: falsificationisme n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: falsificationnisme m

See also

• critical rationalism