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  1. A hypothesis can't be right unless it can be proven wrong

    A hypothesis or model is called falsifiable if it is possible to conceive of an experimental observation that disproves the idea in question. That is, one of the possible outcomes of the designed experiment must be an answer, that if obtained, would disprove the hypothesis.

  2. Does Science Need Falsifiability?

    Scientists are rethinking the fundamental principle that scientific theories must make testable predictions. If a theory doesn't make a testable prediction, it isn't science. It's a basic ...

  3. Falsifiability

    A theory or hypothesis is falsifiable (or refutable) if it can be logically contradicted by an empirical test. Popper emphasized the asymmetry created by the relation of a universal law with basic observation statements [C] and contrasted falsifiability to the intuitively similar concept of verifiability that was then current in logical ...

  4. Falsifiability

    Falsifiability is the assertion that for any hypothesis to have credence, it must be inherently disprovable before it can become accepted as a scientific hypothesis or theory. For example, someone might claim "the earth is younger than many scientists state, and in fact was created to appear as though it was older through deceptive fossils etc ...

  5. Criterion of falsifiability

    criterion of falsifiability, in the philosophy of science, a standard of evaluation of putatively scientific theories, according to which a theory is genuinely scientific only if it is possible in principle to establish that it is false. The British philosopher Sir Karl Popper (1902-94) proposed the criterion as a foundational method of the ...

  6. Karl Popper: Falsification Theory

    The Falsification Principle, proposed by Karl Popper, is a way of demarcating science from non-science. It suggests that for a theory to be considered scientific, it must be able to be tested and conceivably proven false. For example, the hypothesis that "all swans are white" can be falsified by observing a black swan.

  7. The scientific method (article)

    The scientific method. At the core of biology and other sciences lies a problem-solving approach called the scientific method. The scientific method has five basic steps, plus one feedback step: Make an observation. Ask a question. Form a hypothesis, or testable explanation. Make a prediction based on the hypothesis.

  8. Scientific hypothesis

    hypothesis. science. scientific hypothesis, an idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world. The two primary features of a scientific hypothesis are falsifiability and testability, which are reflected in an "If…then" statement summarizing the idea and in the ...

  9. What does it mean for science to be falsifiable?

    The legendary philosopher of science Karl Popper argued that good science is falsifiable, in that it makes precise claims which can be tested and then discarded (falsified) if they don't hold up under testing. For example, if you find a case of COVID-19 without lung damage, then you falsify the hypothesis that it always causes lung damage.

  10. Popper: Proving the Worth of Hypotheses

    More specifically, a falsifiable hypothesis must imply a singular statement distinct from every initial condition. A hypothesis is thus falsifiable with respect to some given initial condition. Popper recognises this (1968, pp. 75-6) when he says that the initial conditions are themselves also empirical hypotheses in the sense that they too ...

  11. Being Scientific: Falsifiability, Verifiability, Empirical Tests, and

    Good scientific experiments must be reproducible in both a conceptual and an operational sense. 5 If a scientist publishes the results of an experiment, there should be enough of the methodology published with the results that a similarly-equipped, independent, and skeptical scientist could reproduce the results of the experiment in their own lab.

  12. Why should science be falsifiable?

    In order to explain the data, the investigator updates an existing theory or creates a new one, possibly with new concepts. A falsifiable theory then explains the results and predicts the outcome of further experiments. In case the results do not confirm the prediction, the theory is falsified and must be changed.

  13. Falsifiability

    falsifiability. A property of a statement (proposition or hypothesis) that makes it possible to show that the statement is false. For example, the statement "I am six feet tall" is falsifiable (given measurement assumptions); the statement "Someone is six feet tall" is not falsifiable.

  14. The Idea That a Scientific Theory Can Be 'Falsified' Is a Myth

    The Idea That a Scientific Theory Can Be 'Falsified' Is a Myth. Transit of Mercury across the Sun; Newton's theory of gravity was considered to be "falsified" when it failed to account for the ...

  15. What is a scientific hypothesis?

    A useful hypothesis should be testable and falsifiable. That means that it should be possible to prove it wrong. A theory that can't be proved wrong is nonscientific, according to Karl Popper's ...

  16. Biology and the scientific method review

    A hypothesis must be testable and falsifiable in order to be valid. For example, "The universe is beautiful" is not a good hypothesis, because there is no experiment that could test this statement and show it to be false. In most cases, the scientific method is an iterative process.

  17. Law of Falsifiability: Explanation and Examples

    It involves asking questions, making a hypothesis, running experiments, and seeing if the results support the hypothesis. Falsifiability is part of this process because scientists have to be able to test their hypotheses. Peer Review: When scientists finish their work, other experts check it to make sure it was done right. This involves ...

  18. The Discovery of the Falsifiability Principle

    Popper is most famous for his principle of falsifiability.It is striking that, throughout his career, he used three terms synonymously: falsifiability, refutability and testability.In order to appreciate the importance of these criteria it is helpful to understand (a) how he arrived at these notions, then (b) whether the conflation of these three terms is justified, even by the logic of his ...

  19. Hypothesis ( Read )

    A Scientific Hypothesis Must Be Falsifiable. A hypothesis may be testable, but even that isn't enough for it to be a scientific hypothesis. In addition, it must be possible to show that the hypothesis is false if it really is false. Consider this statement: "There are other planets in the universe where life exists." This statement is ...

  20. Falsifiability

    Inquiry-based Activity: Popular media and falsifiability. Introduction: Falsifiability, or the ability for a statement/theory to be shown to be false, was noted by Karl Popper to be the clearest way to distinguish science from pseudoscience. While incredibly important to scientific inquiry, it is also important for students to understand how ...

  21. Three Tells of Junk Science -Capital Research Center

    Thus, one key principle of science is that every scientific hypothesis (and theory) must be falsifiable. Meaning every scientific hypothesis is subject to unending testing that has the potential at any time to falsify or disprove the hypothesis. In other words, if something is not falsifiable (subject to continuous testing), it is not science.

  22. The idea that a scientific theory can be 'falsified' is a myth

    Falsification as a 'myth-story'. Falsification is appealing because it tells a simple and optimistic story of scientific progress, that by steadily eliminating false theories, we can eventually ...

  23. How we edit science part 1: the scientific method

    Crucially, a scientific hypothesis needs to be testable and falsifiable. An untestable hypothesis would be something like "the ball falls to the ground because mischievous invisible unicorns ...