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falsifiability en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree English falsify Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English falsifiable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English falsifiability From falsifiable + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The quality of being falsifiable.
   • These ideas have many virtues, but falsifiability is not one of them.
   • 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. 1959, Karl Raimund Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery:
   • 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. 1989, James B. Rule, Theories of Civil Violence:
   • 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. 1985, Alexander Rosenberg, The Structure of Biological Science:

Forms

Antonyms

unfalsifiability · irrefutability

Relateds

falsificationism · falsifiable

Synonyms

refutability

Translations (37)

af weerlegbaarheid (quality of being falsifiable) · ja 反証可能性 (quality of being falsifiable) · es falsabilidad (quality of being falsifiable) · eo falsebleco (quality of being falsifiable) · ca falsabilitat (quality of being falsifiable) · it falsificabilità (quality of being falsifiable) · fi falsifioitavuus (quality of being falsifiable) · sk falzifikácia (quality of being falsifiable) · de Falsifizierbarkeit (quality of being falsifiable) · gl falsabilidade (quality of being falsifiable) · hu cáfolhatóság (quality of being falsifiable) · pt falseabilidade (quality of being falsifiable) · id falsifiabilitas (quality of being falsifiable) · el διαψευσιμότητα (quality of being falsifiable) · eu faltsabilitate (quality of being falsifiable) · is afsannanleiki (quality of being falsifiable) · ru фальсифици́руемость (quality of being falsifiable) · th การพิสูจน์ว่าเป็นเท็จ (quality of being falsifiable) · tr yanlışlanabilirlik (quality of being falsifiable) · bg фалсифицируемост (quality of being falsifiable) · ms kebolehpalsuan (quality of being falsifiable) · ko 반증 가능성 (quality of being falsifiable) · af vervalsbaarheid (quality of being falsifiable) · eo malpruvebleco (quality of being falsifiable) · am ተረችነት (quality of being falsifiable) · cmn 可證偽性 /可证伪性 (quality of being falsifiable) · sv falsifierbarhet (quality of being falsifiable) · de Widerlegbarkeit (quality of being falsifiable) · ro falsificabilitate (quality of being falsifiable) · is hrekjanleiki (quality of being falsifiable) · lv falsificējamība (quality of being falsifiable) · pl falsyfikacja (quality of being falsifiable) · nl falsifieerbaarheid (quality of being falsifiable) · uk фальсифікаціонізм (quality of being falsifiable) · fr falsifiabilité (quality of being falsifiable) · hy հերքելիություն (quality of being falsifiable) · cs falzifikovatelnost (quality of being falsifiable)