Theory of falsification Flashcards
who
karl popper
traditional understanding of scientific method
to look at the world wth a scientific eye is to observe with no preconceived notion
pseudo science example
every swan you have ever seen is white so you hypothesise that all swans are white
popper argued that we all have
preconceived notions- menial we are bias
who did Popper think was a pseudoscientist
Freud- he believed past events and experiences carve us into people we become
what did Popper say about Freud
‘methods like his that only serve to confirm beliefs were pseudoscience. They could be used to prove anything’
science
looks to discomfnirm theories
pseudo science
looks to confirm theories
it is easy to find confirmation in theories
if you are looking for it
Popper thought that confirmation should only cost if
they come from risky theories
‘every false belief we discover is actually good, because that gets us much closer to believing only true things’
‘the only genuine test of a theory..
is one that is attempting to falsify it”
you should test you hypothesis
to destruction and should be willing to let your beliefs go and accept the evidence
