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Princeton's WordNet
falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutalnoun
the act of determining that something is false
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Falsifiability is a deductive standard of evaluation of scientific theories and hypotheses that was introduced by the philosopher of science Karl Popper in his book The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934). He proposed it as the cornerstone solution to both the problem of induction and the problem of demarcation. A theory or hypothesis is falsifiable (or refutable) if it can be logically contradicted by an empirical test using existing technologies. Popper insisted that, as a logical criterion, falsifiability is distinct from the related concept "capacity to be proven wrong" discussed in Lakatos' falsificationism. Even being a logical criterion, its purpose is to make the theory predictive and testable, and thus useful in practice. Popper opposed falsifiability to the intuitively similar concept of verifiability that was then current in logical positivism. His argument goes that the only way to verify a claim such as "All swans are white" would be if one could theoretically observe all swans, which is not possible. Instead, falsifiability searches for the anomalous instance, such that observing a single black swan is theoretically reasonable and sufficient to logically falsify the claim. On the other hand, the Duhem–Quine thesis says that definitive experimental falsifications are impossible and that no scientific hypothesis is by itself capable of making predictions, because an empirical test of the hypothesis requires one or more background assumptions.According to Popper there is a clean asymmetry on the logical side and falsifiability does not have the Duhem problem because it is a logical criterion. Experimental research has the Duhem problem and other problems, such as induction, but, according to Popper, statistical tests, which are only possible when a theory is falsifiable, can still be useful within a critical discussion. Philosophers such as Deborah Mayo consider that Popper "comes up short" in his description of the scientific role of statistical and data models.As a key notion in the separation of science from non-science and pseudo-science, falsifiability has featured prominently in many scientific controversies and applications, even being used as legal precedent.
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falsifying
Falsifying refers to the act of altering or manipulating information, data or facts to make them untrue or make them appear different from the reality. It involves dishonestly changing or misrepresenting something with the conscious intent to deceive or mislead. The concept is commonly used in contexts such as scientific research, legal proceedings, or financial regulations.
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Falsifying
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of falsifying in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of falsifying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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If he appears as the buyer, there's no way he can say it was a donation, he is falsifying.
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As a country, we have fraternally welcomed thousands of Venezuelans who have come to seek a better future, but as a government, we must protect our citizens first, and these people who have entered lying, falsifying information, had criminal records, and that's a threat.
The charges filed by Mr. Jackley against Stacy Phelps, charging him with falsifying evidence, are entirely meritless and Stephanie Hubers look forward to disapproving those accusations in a court of law.
Regarding the falsifying of the signature, we first heard about it through the media. The case is between the expert and the consultant company and is in the process of being registered as a police complaint, we will wait for the police process.
I do think that the charges are much more serious against Trump related to the election, but falsifying business records can also be a crime. (I’m more skeptical about combining that in a state court with a federal campaign finance violation.).
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- تزويرArabic
- gerçeğe aykırıTurkish
- giả mạoVietnamese
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