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Verifiability: Verifiability in science refers to the fact that statements or hypotheses can be verified through observations, experiments or reproducible methods. This testability makes it possible to determine the correctness or incorrectness of a statement through empirical evidence and thus to include it in the framework of scientific investigations. See also method, verification, falsification, verificationism, experiments, verification._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Karl Popper on Verifiability - Dictionary of Arguments
Schurz I 98 Falsification/Asymmetry/Popper: Falsification is restricted to strict spatiotemporally unrestricted empirical all-hypotheses. Dual to this, unrestricted existence propositions Ex "There is a white raven" are verifiable, but not falsifiable. >Verification, >Falsification/Schurz, >Verifiability/Schurz._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Po I Karl Popper The Logic of Scientific Discovery, engl. trnsl. 1959 German Edition: Grundprobleme der Erkenntnislogik. Zum Problem der Methodenlehre In Wahrheitstheorien, Gunnar Skirbekk, Frankfurt/M. 1977 Schu I G. Schurz Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie Darmstadt 2006 |