5862 | A single counterexample is enough to prove that a truth is not necessary [Aristotle] |
5629 | If a proposition implies any false consequences, then it is false [Kant] |
22658 | Experimenters assume the theory is true, and stick to it as long as result don't disappoint [James] |
22137 | Observation can force rejection of some part of the initial set of claims [Duhem, by Boulter] |
19464 | We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer] |
22191 | Kuhn's scientists don't aim to falsifying their paradigm, because that is what they rely on [Kuhn, by Gorham] |
18076 | Most theories are continually falsified [Kuhn, by Kitcher] |
22188 | Give Nobel Prizes for really good refutations? [Gorham on Popper] |
7780 | Falsification is the criterion of demarcation between science and non-science [Popper, by Magee] |
16830 | We don't only reject hypotheses because we have falsified them [Lipton on Popper] |
6794 | If falsification requires logical inconsistency, then probabilistic statements can't be falsified [Bird on Popper] |
6795 | When Popper gets in difficulties, he quietly uses induction to help out [Bird on Popper] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
4223 | Unfalsifiability may be a failure in an empirical theory, but it is a virtue in metaphysics [Lowe] |
4644 | A proposition such as 'some swans are purple' cannot be falsified, only verified [Baggini /Fosl] |
22174 | The discoverers of Neptune didn't change their theory because of an anomaly [Okasha] |
22175 | Science mostly aims at confirming theories, rather than falsifying them [Okasha] |
22189 | Why abandon a theory if you don't have a better one? [Gorham] |
22190 | If a theory is more informative it is less probable [Gorham] |
19685 | Falsificationism would be naive if even a slight discrepancy in evidence killed a theory [McGrew] |
14576 | Smoking disposes towards cancer; smokers without cancer do not falsify this claim [Mumford/Anjum] |