disprovability
Capacity for refutation
Disprovability is the quality of being capable of disproof—the possibility that something could be shown to be false.
In philosophy of science, disprovability (or falsifiability) distinguishes scientific claims from non-scientific ones: a genuine hypothesis must be disprovable in principle.
The disprovability of the theory made it scientifically meaningful.
Disproving a statement
- testabilityCapacity for verification
- counterexampleInstance disproving a claim
- disconfirmationEvidence negating a claim
- refutabilityCapacity to be disproven
invalidation · debunking · negation · contradiction · rebuttal · confutation · discrediting · challenge
Testable proposed explanation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- dataFacts for analysis
methodology · theory · observation · variable · reproducibility · research · falsification · conjecture
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- validityQuality of being sound
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
syllogism · negation · fallacy · invalidity · unsoundness · premise · conclusion · theorem
Reasoned case or dispute
- refutationDisproving a statement
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
critique · contention · disputation · challenge · opposition · dialectic · persuasion · rhetoric
refutation
Disproving a statement
- testabilityCapacity for verification
- counterexampleInstance disproving a claim
- disconfirmationEvidence negating a claim
refutability · invalidation · debunking · negation · contradiction · rebuttal · confutation · discrediting · challenge · undermining
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
data · methodology · theory · observation · variable · reproducibility · research · falsification · conjecture · prediction
contradiction
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- validityQuality of being sound
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- deductionConclusion from premises
counterargument · syllogism · negation · fallacy · invalidity · unsoundness · premise · conclusion · theorem · axiom
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- refutationDisproving a statement
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
counterpoint · critique · contention · disputation · challenge · opposition · dialectic · persuasion · rhetoric · deliberation
disprovabilityunfalsifiability
Immunity to disproof
irrefutability · dogma · certainty · infallibility · self-evidence
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