Hypothetico-deductive model
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The hypothetico-deductive model or method is a proposed description of scientific method. According to it, scientific inquiry proceeds by formulating a hypothesis in a form that could conceivably be falsified by a test on observable data. A test that could and does run contrary to predictions of the hypothesis is taken as a falsification of the hypothesis. A test that could but does not run contrary to the hypothesis corroborates the theory. It is then proposed to compare the explanatory value of competing hypotheses by testing how stringently they are corroborated by their predictions.
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See also
- Confirmation bias
- Deductive-nomological
- Explanandum and explanans
- Inquiry
- Models of scientific inquiry
- Philosophy of science
- Scientific method
- Verifiability theory of meaning
- Pragmatism
- Will to Believe Doctrine
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Types of inference
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