Comments on: A Bleg http://www.kotodama.net/blog/2009/02/a-bleg/ A photo blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: jayRaz http://www.kotodama.net/blog/2009/02/a-bleg/comment-page-1/#comment-342 jayRaz Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:31:00 +0000 http://www.kotodama.net/blog/?p=737#comment-342 Not sure if there's a definite term for what you've described, but something similar would be "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiablity" rel="nofollow">falsifiability</a>". Basically, if something is falsifiable, you can prove it false with an observation. If you <i>can't</i> prove something false with an observation, then it would be unfalsifiable (well, at least as far as mere observation goes). Of course, falsifiability does not indicate if something actually <b>is</b> false, just whether it can be <i>shown</i> to be. Not sure if there’s a definite term for what you’ve described, but something similar would be “falsifiability“.

Basically, if something is falsifiable, you can prove it false with an observation. If you can’t prove something false with an observation, then it would be unfalsifiable (well, at least as far as mere observation goes).

Of course, falsifiability does not indicate if something actually is false, just whether it can be shown to be.

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