ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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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