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Falsifiability asks whether a claim rules out outcomes that could count against it. A failed prediction still requires examination of assumptions and the test itself.
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Guided course · Module 13 · Lesson 77
How does a scientific account earn trust?
Popper asks what would count against a theory, and Kuhn describes normal science and its revolutions. Heather Douglas shows how weighing the costs of error differs from substituting values for evidence.