KnowraFalsifiabilityLinked fromLinked fromThe 57 pages that link to Falsifiability, each with the reason it gives.All 57Broader topic 1Related 43Narrower topic 1Compared with 12Confirmation biasCompared with: Testing for possible refutation counters the search for confirming instances.PositivismCompared with: Karl Popper proposed attempted refutation, rather than verification, as science's defining test.PseudoscienceCompared with: Pseudoscientific claims often avoid specifying observations that would count against them.EvidenceCompared with: Evidence can test claims only when some possible observations count against them.Inductive reasoningCompared with: Induction supports claims with confirming cases, while falsifiability emphasizes possible counterevidence.InductionCompared with: Popper emphasized attempts to falsify theories rather than treating observations as inductive verification.Paradigm shiftCompared with: Karl Popper treated critical testing as central, unlike Kuhn’s emphasis on paradigm-bound research.Pierre DuhemCompared with: Duhem’s emphasis on interconnected assumptions complicates simple accounts of decisive falsification.PseudohistoryCompared with: Claims insulated from possible disproof resist the testing expected of historical explanations.VerificationismCompared with: Popper proposed refutability, rather than verification, as the mark of scientific theories.The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsCompared with: Popper treated falsifiability as a criterion for science, unlike Kuhn’s historical focus on paradigms.Mario BungeCompared with: Bunge rejected treating falsifiability alone as an adequate account of scientific testing.