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Spanish: falsacionismo

English translation: falsificationism



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Spanish term or phrase:falsacionismo
English translation:falsificationism
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Social Sciences - Philosophy / PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES
Spanish term or phrase: falsacionismo
PARTE DEL CONTENIDO DE UN CURSO DE FILOSOFÍA DE LAS CIENCIAS:

Demarcación crítica de la inducción:
- Convencionalismo
- Falsacionismo
- Fiabilidad vs. verdad

¡Gracias!
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
falsificationism
Explanation:
I think - haven't got time to study this complicated-looking matter at the mo., sorry! Have a look here and at links/Google:

Falsificationism

Naïve falsificationism is an unsuccessful attempt to prescribe a rationally unavoidable method for science. Sophisticated methodological falsification, on the other hand, is a prescription of a way in which scientists ought to behave as a matter of choice. The object of this is to arrive at an evolutionary process whereby theories become less bad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper

The Karl Popper Web
The common idea that Popper neglected to consider whether Falsificationism itself is falsifiable is already scotched here. You can falsify a description, ...
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Rachel Fell
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Henry Hinds
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falsationism

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Results 1 - 10 of about 17 for falsationism Popper.

Al parecer eso es.

Henry Hinds
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: Eso es, Henry. ¡Mil gracias!


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falsificationism

Explanation:
I think - haven't got time to study this complicated-looking matter at the mo., sorry! Have a look here and at links/Google:

Falsificationism

Naïve falsificationism is an unsuccessful attempt to prescribe a rationally unavoidable method for science. Sophisticated methodological falsification, on the other hand, is a prescription of a way in which scientists ought to behave as a matter of choice. The object of this is to arrive at an evolutionary process whereby theories become less bad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper

The Karl Popper Web
The common idea that Popper neglected to consider whether Falsificationism itself is falsifiable is already scotched here. You can falsify a description, ...
www.eeng.dcu.ie/~tkpw/ - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Sin duda gana tu sugerencia, Rachel. ¡Muchísimas gracias!
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