Assertion: hypothesis | /r/HasProperty | falsifiable
Facets:
value: inherently
type: DEGREE
value: for its acceptance as true science
type: PURPOSE
value: in science
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Karl Popper, following others, has argued that a hypothesis must be falsifiable, and that one cannot regard a proposition or theory as scientific if it does not admit the possibility of being shown false.
text: In science, a hypothesis must be falsifiable, meaning that there exists a test whose outcome could mean that the hypothesis is not true.
text: If it is to form part of science, an hypothesis must be falsifiable.
text: Scientists then use a large battery of deductive methods to arrive at a hypothesis that is testable, falsifiable and realistic.
text: A hypothesis must be testable, but must also be falsifiable for its acceptance as true science.
text: A theory is always backed by evidence; a hypothesis is only a suggested possible outcome, and is testable and falsifiable.
text: However, because a hypothesis inherently is falsifiable, even hypotheses supported by scientific evidence and accepted as true are susceptible to rejection later, when new evidence has become available.
text: A hypothesis must also be falsifiable .
text: Karl Popper, following others, has argued that a hypothesis must be falsifiable, and that one cannot regard a proposition or theory as scientific if it does not admit the possibility of being shown false.