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naive falsificationism en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) An invalid scientific philosophy in which any single instance of refuting data is enough to falsify the entire claim.
    • Under naive falsificationism, the birth control pill would be considered as ineffective since there are instances (3 in 1000) in which it does not work.

Relateds

falsificationism · sophisticated falsificationism