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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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Gerhard Schurz on Verifiability - Dictionary of Arguments
I 98 Def Verifiability/Schurz: A hypothesis H is verifiable iff there is a finite and consistent set B of observation propositions from which H follows logically. This means only possible (actual) verifiability. >Verification, >Actuality, >Hypotheses, >Confirmation. Def Falsifiability/Schurz: H is falsifiable iff there is a finite consistent set B of observation propositions, from which the negation of H follows logically. This means only possible falsifiability (actual). >Falsification. Def Confirmability/Schurz: (resp. weakenable) is hypothesis H if there is a finitely consistent set B of observation propositions, which hears resp. degrades the validity resp. plausibility of H. 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. I 99 Spatiotemporally restricted hypotheses: are in principle verifiable and falsifiable by observing the finitely many individuals of a domain. Verifiability: no unrestricted generalization and no theoretical theorem is verifiable. Allexistence theorem/statistical generalization: not verifiable also not falsifiable because they do not imply observation theorems. Theories/falsification: neither whole theories nor single theoretical hypotheses are falsifiable. Even if they are strictly general. And this is because of holism. >Holism._____________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. |
Schu I G. Schurz Einführung in die Wissenschaftstheorie Darmstadt 2006 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19