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Support and trend of falsifiability

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  • Nicolae Sfetcu

    (Romanian Academy - Romanian Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (CRIFST), History of Science Division (DIS), ORCID: 0000-0002-0162-9973)

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Popper's supporters argued that most criticism is based on an incomprehensible interpretation of his ideas. They argue that Popper should not be interpreted as meaning that falsifiability is a sufficient condition for the demarcation of science. Some passages seem to suggest that he considers it is only a necessary condition. Other passages would suggest that for a theory to be scientific, Popper requires (besides falsifiability) other tests, and that negative test results are accepted. A demarcation criterion based on falsifiability that includes these elements will avoid the most obvious counter-arguments of a criterion based on falsifiability alone.

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  • Nicolae Sfetcu, 2019. "Support and trend of falsifiability," Working Papers ensupport, MultiMedia Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:bbp:wpaper:ensupport
    DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30071.47527
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