"sophisticated falsificationism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sophisticated falsificationism (uncountable)
  1. A form of falsificationism in which claims are evaluated statistically, as opposed to naive falsificationism, which takes an absolutist perspective. Tags: uncountable

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