English Explanatory Dictionary

critical rationalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The proposition that scientific theories, and any other claims to knowledge, can and should be rationally criticized, and, if they have empirical content, can and should be subjected to tests which may falsify them.

Word forms

critical rationalism

Related words

falsificationism
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