"falsificationism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: falsification + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|falsification|ism}} falsification + -ism Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: falsificationism Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Epistemology Derived forms: naive falsificationism, sophisticated falsificationism Related terms: false, falsification, falsify, critical rationalism Translations (scientific philosophy): falsificationisme [neuter] (Dutch), falsificationnisme [masculine] (French), yanlışlamacılık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-falsificationism-en-noun-apjuV2Zc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Topics: epistemology, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences

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