FALSIFIABILITY

FALSIFIABILITY
   a variant of the VERIFICATION PRINCIPLE developed by Sir Karl POPPER who argued that while we cannot absolutely prove that something is true, it is possible to falsify theories and BELIEFS thus eliminating error. He made falsification the test of TRUTH in his theory of SCIENCE and used it to distinguish between science and pseudo-science.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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  • falsifiability — noun see falsify …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • falsifiability — fal·si·fi·abil·i·ty …   English syllables

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