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Property of a statement that can be logically contradicted
described four kinds of falsificationisms: Dogmatic falsificationism – ignores both types of problems. Methodological falsificationism – addresses the first
Falsifiability
Topics referred to by the same term
progress in "Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes" by Imre Lakatos Dogmatic falsificationism Naive falsificationism Sophisticated
Falsificationism
Austrian–British philosopher of science (1902–1994)
attempted to reconcile Kuhn's work with falsificationism by arguing that science progresses by the falsification of research programs rather than the more
Karl_Popper
Philosophical doctrine
the rise of various forms of postpositivism in which Karl Popper's falsificationism, historically oriented accounts of scientific change and more pluralist
Verificationism
Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science (1922–1974)
between Popper's falsificationism and the revolutionary structure of science described by Kuhn. Popper's standard of falsificationism was widely taken
Imre_Lakatos
Traditional, still commonplace view of scientific method to develop scientific theories
asserting since the 1930s a strong hypotheticodeductivism called falsificationism, attacked inductivism and its positivist variants, then in 1963 called
Inductivism
Method of reasoning via argumentation and contradiction
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Dialectic
Topics referred to by the same term
with the intent to commit fraud or deception Self-falsification, e.g., the Liar's paradox Falsificationism (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists
Falsification
Metatheoretical stance on scientific inquiry
was Karl Popper. He advanced falsification in lieu of the logical positivist idea of verificationism. Falsificationism argues that it is impossible to
Postpositivism
Professional network conducting research
(with its ideas of normal science and paradigm shifts). Lakatos found falsificationism impractical and often not practiced, and found normal science—where
Research_program
1975 book by Paul Feyerabend
[citation needed] Galileo's hypothesis also does not follow Popper's falsificationism, which suggests that we do not use ad hoc hypotheses. Aristotle's theory
Against_Method
Philosophical study of being
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Ontology
Study of general and fundamental questions
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Philosophy
Unscientific claims presented as scientific
outright...Lakatos sought to reconcile the rationalism of Popperian falsificationism with what seemed to be its own refutation by history". Many philosophers
Pseudoscience
Rejection of certain ideas about reality
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Nihilism
Branch of science about the natural world
2012. Retrieved October 21, 2012. "Criterion of falsifiability | Falsificationism, Popper, Hypotheses | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-09-12
Natural_science
1974 philosophy paper by Thomas Nagel
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What_Is_It_Like_to_Be_a_Bat?
Theory that life is meaningless
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Absurdism
is that the meaning of a sentence is its method of verification or falsification. In this form, the thesis was abandoned after the acceptance by most
Philosophy_of_language
State of being real
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Existence
Philosophy of the Western world
argued that verificationism was logically incoherent, promoting instead falsificationism as the basis for science. A further advancement in the philosophy of
Western_philosophy
Class of ethical theories
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Deontology
Study of the development of philosophy
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History_of_philosophy
Philosophical method and schools of philosophy
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Phenomenology_(philosophy)
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
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Confucianism
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Lists_of_philosophers
Principle about evidence
all evidence converge precisely with no deviations would be naïve falsificationism, equivalent to considering a single contrary result to falsify a theory
Consilience
Belief that God and reality are identical
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Pantheism
Philosophical and literary concepts
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Apollonian_and_Dionysian
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Timeline of Western philosophers
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Philosophical approach to understanding science
taken to signify its non-existence. Falsificationism can be viewed at the statement level (naive falsificationism) or at the theorem level (more common
Critical realism (philosophy of the social sciences)
Critical_realism_(philosophy_of_the_social_sciences)
Philosophical view that events are determined by prior events
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Determinism
Ethical theory based on maximizing well-being
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Utilitarianism
Study of fundamental reality
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Metaphysics
Term in Martin Heidegger's philosophy
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Dasein
Central claim of existentialism formulated by Sartre
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Existence_precedes_essence
Theory and methodology of text interpretation
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Hermeneutics
Cultural and artistic movement
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Modernism
Aspect of the English philosopher's teachings
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Hobbes's moral and political philosophy
Hobbes's_moral_and_political_philosophy
19th century US philosophical movement
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Transcendentalism
Sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent
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Reality
Political philosophy and movement
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Anarchism
Metaphysical thesis
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Physicalism
Version of modal realism
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Extended_modal_realism
Type of attempt to uncover truths
immediately rejected it, as Karl Popper's philosophical theory of falsificationism would have them do. Instead they have gone to considerable lengths
Objectivity_(science)
Canon of rhetoric
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Inventio
Metaphysical question
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Why_is_there_anything_at_all?
Theoretical framework that connects Blackness and social death
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Afro-pessimism (United States)
Afro-pessimism_(United_States)
Truth, beauty, and goodness
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Transcendentals
Philosophical system
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Epicureanism
Capacity of an actor to act in a given environment
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Agency_(philosophy)
Platonic philosophical system
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Neoplatonism
Measure of how well someone's life is going
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Well-being
Form of reasoning
person "at last wrings its neck instead". According to Karl Popper's falsificationism, deductive reasoning alone is sufficient. This is due to its truth-preserving
Deductive_reasoning
Southern African philosophy
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Ubuntu_philosophy
Steps in reasoning
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Inference
Philosophical view
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Materialism
Philosophical study of nature
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Natural_philosophy
Study of the foundations of politics
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Political_philosophy
How one process influences another
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Causality
Concept of moral fairness and administration of the law
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Justice
Central category of dialectics
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Unity_of_opposites
Teachers of 5th century BC Greece
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Sophist
Approach to social philosophy
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Critical_theory
Revival of Immanuel Kant's philosophy
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Neo-Kantianism
Philosophical origins and foundation of Western civilization
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Ancient_Greek_philosophy
Idea that knowledge comes only/mainly from sensory experience
"knowledge is tentative and probabilistic, subject to continued revision and falsification". Empirical research, including experiments and validated measurement
Empiricism
Systematic study of values
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Value_theory
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List_of_philosophies
Philosophical study of knowledge
Epistemological pluralism – School of thought in epistemology Knowledge falsification – Deliberate misrepresentation of knowledge Reformed epistemology –
Epistemology
Belief that only natural laws and forces operate in the universe
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Naturalism_(philosophy)
Philosophical view that nothing is morally right or wrong
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Moral_nihilism
Philosophical movement
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German_idealism
Ancient philosophy
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Stoicism
Philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle
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Aristotelianism
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List of ancient Greek philosophers
List_of_ancient_Greek_philosophers
Period of Western philosophy
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Hellenistic_philosophy
Medieval school of philosophy
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Scholasticism
Basic distinction in philosophy
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Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy)
Subjectivity_and_objectivity_(philosophy)
Theory that life has no inherent meaning
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Existential_nihilism
Bias confirming existing attitudes
information theory as their standard of hypothesis-testing, rather than the falsificationism used by Wason. According to these ideas, each answer to a question
Confirmation_bias
Philosophy dealing with absurdity of existence
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Existentialism
Type of cooperative argumentative dialogue
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Socratic_method
Philosophical traditions from mainland Europe
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Continental_philosophy
Ancient Chinese political-philosophy school
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Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy)
Philosophy emphasizing names and labels
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Nominalism
Object or event that exists independently of the senses
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Noumenon
School of thought of philosophy of law and jurisprudence
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Legal_positivism
Epistemological view centered on reason
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Rationalism
Position on the mind–body problem
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Epiphenomenalism
Russian philosophical and cultural movement
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Russian_cosmism
Philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist
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Solipsism
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List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_centuries_BC
Approach to understanding the relationship between text and meaning
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Deconstruction
Concern for the well-being of others
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Altruism
Art blurring the boundaries between fiction and fact
1989. Hill said he drew inspiration from Karl Popper's concept of "falsificationism," Thomas Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and anarchist
Superfiction
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Glossary_of_logic
Philosophical system originating from Thomas Aquinas
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Thomism
Philosophical positions
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Moral_relativism
Ethical theory based on consequences
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Consequentialism
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Boy/Male
Muslim
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Parsi
Angel
Boy/Male
Australian, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Swiss
Gift of the Lord
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Snow
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
One of the Thousand Names of the Hindu Goddess
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nagpal | நாகபால , நாகபால
Saviour of serpents
Boy/Male
Arabic, Egyptian, Parsi, Punjabi
Trustworthy; God of Mystery; Strong; Bold; Name of a God of Wind and Air
Girl/Female
Indian, Sikh
God of Flowers
Girl/Female
Latin
Chaste; virginal.
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