Last 4 terms Flashcards
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- Falsifiability
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Theory must be falsifiable, as subjective as possible to the circumstances. Degree of falsif… gets higher as there’s more to falsify
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- Parsimony
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Trying not to make the model too complex. (as simple as possible)
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- Orginality
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Is it generative, does it predict something else than other theories already did? Does it lead to new hypotheses
4
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- Post-diction
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Often explanations are postdictive io predictive.
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Corroboration
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Popper; Scientific hypothesis is tested and verified by obtaining repeated outcome of substatiating observation
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Corroboration
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Popper; Scientific hypothesis is tested and verified by obtaining repeated outcome of substatiating observation
