Falsification - Karl Popper Flashcards

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What should science do?

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  • Falsify hypotheses
    Set up hypotheses and disapprove them instead of conforming
  • Use of hypothetico-deductive model
  • Hypotheses should be falsifiable and testable
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Critical rationalism

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  • Science conducted with a critical mindset
  • To always be open for critic
  • Throw away theory if its refuted
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Falsification

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  • Makes it possible to refute a theory
  • Good theory - still not refuted
  • False-factors - observations that can falsify a theory
    One observation needed
  • Deductive over inductive thinking
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