BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI
Theoretical Physics the view from outside
Theoretical Physics the view from outside
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to begin with, let’s get rid of a common myth about falsificationism,<br />
that it is about mere logical falsifiability<br />
Popper did NOT say that logical falsifiability is what separates<br />
science from pseudoscience, because a falsifiable hypothesis can be<br />
“rescued” by ad hoc hypotheses or assumptions<br />
indeed, these assumptions can be construed as to make a theory<br />
logically falsifiable, and yet immune from actual falsification
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