Falsificationist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Falsificationist is an adjective meaning An advocate of falsificationism.
Meaning
An advocate of falsificationism.
More Meanings
- (sciences) Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it.
Example Sentences
A strict falsificationist position is thus inappropriate in research on meaningful data.
Word Forms
- falsificationists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include empirical, nonempirical, quasi-scientific, scientifico-philosophical, theoretic, proscience.
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