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critical rationalism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
crit-i-cal ra-tional-ism
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The proposition that scientific theories, and any other claims to knowledge, can and should be rationally criticized, and, if they have empirical content, can and should be subjected to tests which may falsify them.

Uncountable

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

falsificationism

Questions

What does critical rationalism mean?
The proposition that scientific theories, and any other claims to knowledge, can and should be rationally criticized, and, if they have empirical content, can and should be subjected to tests which may falsify them.

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