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falsifiable Definition

fal·si·fi·able (fôlsə fī′ə bəl)

adjective

Philos. designating or of a statement, theory, etc. that is so formulated as to permit empirical testing and, therefore, can be shown to be false

falsifiable Related Forms

fal′·si·fi·abil·ity noun

falsifiable Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • hypothesis: Creation " science " was not science because it did not start with a falsifiable hypothesis.
  • prediction: He made falsifiable predictions of slow clocks in space.
  • statement: Science is the gathering of a number of falsifiable statements that try to explain the world around us.

Modifying Another Word

  • potentially: On the other, Popper's criterion was that a science should be potentially falsifiable by a prediction of the theory.
  • empirically: But not all theories are scientific in the sense of being empirically falsifiable.

Preposition: in

principle: Even tho all of their work was falsifiable in principle, they did not spend any time trying to falsify anything.

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