Criticism of Falsifiability

Nicolae Sfetcu ()
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Nicolae Sfetcu: Romanian Academy - Romanian Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (CRIFST), History of Science Division (DIS)

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Abstract: Thomas Kuhn criticized falsifiability because it characterized "the entire scientific enterprise in terms that apply only to its occasional revolutionary parts," and it cannot be generalized. In Kuhn's view, a delimitation criterion must refer to the functioning of normal science. Kuhn objects to Popper's entire theory and excludes any possibility of rational reconstruction of the development of science. Imre Lakatos said that if a theory is scientific or non-scientific, it can be determined independently of the facts. He proposed a modification of Popper's criterion, which he called "sophisticated (methodological) falsification".

Keywords: falsifiability; Thomas Kuhn; Karl Popper; rational reconstruction; Imre Lakatos; methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2019-02
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DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30572.82568

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