The falsifiability of a hypothesis or statement, i.e. the inherent possibility of making observations that can prove the hypothesis wrong.
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How can we know anything is false, based on subjective guesswork?
How convinced are you of there being aliens in the universe? Sure, you might not be able to quantify this on any scale. But the level of conviction you feel is certainly there in your consciousness. You may feel more convinced by X than Y or vice…
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What is the value of unfalsifiable beliefs?
I understand the value of falsifiable beliefs. Often they make predictions, and are classified as scientific ideas, useful in churning out predictions.
But do unfalsifiable beliefs have any value? Philosophically or mathematically or otherwise?
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Burden of Proof vs. Confirmation Bias vs. Falsifiability
I think I'm using the concepts Burden of Proof, Confirmation Bias and Falsifiability inappropriately, or muddling the notions in my way of thinking. I just looked up these concepts on google a few minutes ago, so hopefully someone can clarify…
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Should anything that is unfalsifiable be dismissed?
Some statements seem obviously unfalsifiable. For example, an angel sitting on top of me is an example of that statement. Arguably though, many probabilistic statements seem unfalsifiable too, especially in relation to credence of belief. What do…
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Are there any statements which we do not know are falsifiable or not?
Sorry if this seems like a silly question. For all statements, is it possible to determine whether they are falsifiable or not? Is it possible to create a statement which we do not know is falsifiable? I.e. is there a statement B such that for any…
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Are we justified in believing anything unfalsifiable?
For certain kinds of claims, it seems obvious in a way to not believe in them due to their lack of evidence or unfalsifiability. For example, one may not believe in undetectable goblins or fairies.
But for other kinds of claims, I also fail to see…
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