Refutationism
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Refutationism is a noun meaning (epistemology) A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.
Meaning
(epistemology) A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include falsificationism, epistemicism, factualism, antimetaphysicalism, positivism, hypotheticodeductivism.
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