The Falsification Principle Flashcards
1
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define falsification principle
A
the demarkation between scientific and non scientific
2
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who influenced the falsification principle
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karl popper
3
Q
how did popper challenge logical positivism and question the method of science?
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popper argued that science was about falsifying (disproving) and not verifying (proving)
4
Q
what parable did anthony flew reference in his argument against religious statements?
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john wisdom’s parable of the gardener
5
Q
describe john wisdoms parable of the gardener
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two explorers come across a clearing that looks like it is tended
one believes there is a gardener, the other does not
the non believer leaves traps to catch the gardener
the believer asserts continually about the gardener (they are invisible, intangible, silent etc.)
