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Falsifiability

A claim is falsifiable if some result could show it to be wrong. A claim that fits whatever happens tells you nothing; a claim that takes a risk and passes counts.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can ask "what would show this to be wrong?" and tell a claim that takes a risk from one that fits anything.

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  1. 1

    Foundation

    You can ask "what would show this to be wrong?" and tell a claim that takes a risk from one that fits anything.

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    PredictionA falsifiable claim makes a prediction that could fail.

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What's still between you and Falsifiability, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11FalsifiabilityDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science

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