These ideas have many virtues, but falsifiability is not one of them.
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Falsifiability
Synonyms for "falsifiability" (3 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 33 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- vervalsbaarheid noun (quality of being falsifiable)
- weerlegbaarheid noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Amharic
1 entries- ተረችነት noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Armenian
1 entries- հերքելիություն noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Basque
1 entries- faltsabilitate noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фалсифицируемост noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Catalan
1 entries- falsabilitat noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 可證偽性 /可证伪性 noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Czech
1 entries- falzifikovatelnost noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Dutch
1 entries- falsifieerbaarheid noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Esperanto
2 entries- falsebleco noun (quality of being falsifiable)
- malpruvebleco noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Finnish
1 entries- falsifioitavuus noun (quality of being falsifiable)
French
1 entries- falsifiabilité noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Galician
1 entries- falsabilidade noun (quality of being falsifiable)
German
2 entries- Falsifizierbarkeit noun (quality of being falsifiable)
- Widerlegbarkeit noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Greek
1 entries- διαψευσιμότητα noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Hungarian
1 entries- cáfolhatóság noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Icelandic
2 entries- afsannanleiki noun (quality of being falsifiable)
- hrekjanleiki noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Indonesian
1 entries- falsifiabilitas noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Italian
1 entries- falsificabilità noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Japanese
1 entries- 反証可能性 noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Korean
1 entries- 반증 가능성 noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Latvian
1 entries- falsificējamība noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Malay
1 entries- kebolehpalsuan noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Polish
1 entries- falsyfikacja noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Portuguese
1 entries- falseabilidade noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Romanian
1 entries- falsificabilitate noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Russian
1 entries- фальсифици́руемость noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Slovak
1 entries- falzifikácia noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Spanish
1 entries- falsabilidad noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Swedish
1 entries- falsifierbarhet noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Thai
1 entries- การพิสูจน์ว่าเป็นเท็จ noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Turkish
1 entries- yanlışlanabilirlik noun (quality of being falsifiable)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фальсифікаціонізм noun (quality of being falsifiable)
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The degree of their testability is of significance for the selection of theories. In this chapter, I shall compare the various degrees of testability or falsifiability of theories through comparing the classes of their potential falsifiers.
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A proposition is scientific if and only if it is falsifiable. This is the criterion or principle of falsifiability. Falsifiability must be distinguished from falsity, of course.
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The need for some such criterion is one reason why falsifiability of theories holds special importance in this book. If theories yield statements in the empirical world that stand to be confirmed or undermined by actual empirical reports, we have the basis for one overarching standard.
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