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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > philosophy of social science > falsifiability

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falsifiability  

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  • Falsifiability is a criterion for scientific theories, hypotheses, or propositions proffered by Karl Popper in the 1930s. This criterion implies that for any of these to be scientific, they must be refutable or falsifiable, and if they are not, they are merely dogmatic stances. [Source: Encyclopedia of Evaluation; Falsifiability]

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