falsifiability
- a word derived from falsifiable.
Example Sentences
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But such exemption from standards of evidence and falsifiability puts the claim on the same epistemic level as astrology or climate skepticism.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
Godwin studied philosophy in the Plan II program at University of Texas at Austin, where he read Karl Popper’s writings on science, pseudoscience, and falsifiability.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2022
The resulting data famine gave rise to a new theoretical framework that omits any obligation for falsifiability.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2021
He says autoethnographic studies cannot claim to have "falsifiability, testability, representability, extrapolation, prediction, and other conditions securing reliable scientific enquiry".
From BBC ● May 9, 2017
Because science is based on falsifiability, scientists avoid claiming universal truths and use language that conveys uncertainty.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
