falsificationism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English false Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English falsification Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English falsificationism From falsification + -ism.
Meanings
- (uncountable) 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, then it is not a scientific claim.
Deriveds
sophisticated falsificationism · naive falsificationism
Relateds
falsification · falsify · critical rationalism · false
Translations (4)
fr falsificationnisme (scientific philosophy) · pl falsyfikacjonizm (scientific philosophy) · nl falsificationisme (scientific philosophy) · tr yanlışlamacılık (scientific philosophy)