falsifiable
Pronunciation: /ˈfɒl.sɪˌfaɪ.ə.bəl/
The English word “falsifiable” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Logically capable of being proven false.
- Capable of being faked or forged.
- The demarcation criterion between scientific and non-scientific statements proposed by Karl Popper. In order to be ranked as scientific, statements or systems of statements must be contradicted by an intersubjective singular existential statement, also called a basic statement, and not be contradicted by another, that is, they must also be logically possible.
Etymology
From falsify + -able.
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