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Falsificationism

A topic within Philosophy of Science, itself one of 12 topics in that field and part of Philosophy.

Reading on Falsificationism

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2 works

Book1934

The Logic of Scientific Discovery

Karl Popper

Argues that no theory can be verified, only falsified, and that what makes a claim scientific is its exposure to a test that could in principle refute it.

Paper1970

Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes

Imre Lakatos

Replaces Popper's single falsifiable theory with a research programme of core and auxiliary hypotheses, judged progressive or degenerating by its record of novel prediction rather than any single refutation.

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