Falsification /
"Falsification" is an approach to empirical research, in the natural and social sciences, which is based on the view that we know the world through fallible theories that can be currently supported or disproved by the data but never proved. The concept of "falsification" played a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Basic theories of social science.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Falsification" is an approach to empirical research, in the natural and social sciences, which is based on the view that we know the world through fallible theories that can be currently supported or disproved by the data but never proved. The concept of "falsification" played a key role in debates about the philosophy and methodology of the natural sciences and the social sciences. The term was coined by Karl Popper who developed the concept of falsification as part of his rejection of the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle. Logical positivism dominated debates about the philosophy of the natural sciences during its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. Popper's Logik der Forschung, which set out his case against logical positivism and for falsificationism, was published ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529747188 152974718X 9781526421036 1526421038 |