Philosophy A-Level
Falsification principle
What Falsification principle means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Falsification principle
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The challenge that a genuine assertion must be incompatible with some conceivable observation, and if nothing could count against it, it dies 'the death of a thousand qualifications'.
Topics that use Falsification principle
- Religious language (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Cognitivism
- Contrast between verification and falsification
- Fact-stating versus expressive accounts
- Non-cognitivism
- Parable of the Partisan
- Provisional belief versus unfalsifiable blik
- The verification principle
- Trust and commitment
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