VERIFYING AND FALSYFING OF SCIENTIFIC THEORIES
Logical positivists plead for the application of verifying criteria in science as principles which justify the statements of science and give sense to scientific notions and statements. However, such principle questions not only many philosophical terms but also natural-science terms. Principle...
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University of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2008-01-01
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| description | Logical positivists plead for the application of verifying criteria in science
as principles which justify the statements of science and give sense to
scientific notions and statements. However, such principle questions not
only many philosophical terms but also natural-science terms. Principle
of verifying, connected with the method of induction, does not guarantee
necessity and generality of verified theory. Critical rationalism of Karl
Popper reminded us of the problem of justifying values of incomplete inductive
concluding and it pleads for the principle of refuting (falsifying)
scientific theories by deductively made singular statements. Possibility of
falsifying some theory is a criterion for determining boundaries between
scientific statements and unscientific attitudes of mathematics, logics and
metaphysics. With this paper the author tries to point to incompleteness
of both mentioned theories in the case when they pretend to exclusiveness
of their method, but also to their scientific importance, compatibility and
mutuality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a74eceed68aa42719ac4860a111f5daa2024-04-16T10:08:43ZdeuUniversity of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesHum1840-233X2303-74312008-01-014210227VERIFYING AND FALSYFING OF SCIENTIFIC THEORIESAntonio Poljak0MostarLogical positivists plead for the application of verifying criteria in science as principles which justify the statements of science and give sense to scientific notions and statements. However, such principle questions not only many philosophical terms but also natural-science terms. Principle of verifying, connected with the method of induction, does not guarantee necessity and generality of verified theory. Critical rationalism of Karl Popper reminded us of the problem of justifying values of incomplete inductive concluding and it pleads for the principle of refuting (falsifying) scientific theories by deductively made singular statements. Possibility of falsifying some theory is a criterion for determining boundaries between scientific statements and unscientific attitudes of mathematics, logics and metaphysics. With this paper the author tries to point to incompleteness of both mentioned theories in the case when they pretend to exclusiveness of their method, but also to their scientific importance, compatibility and mutuality.https://hum.ff.sum.ba/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Humdec2008_210_227.pdflogical positivismprinciple of verificationmethodinductionpoppercritical rationalism |
| spellingShingle | Antonio Poljak VERIFYING AND FALSYFING OF SCIENTIFIC THEORIES Hum logical positivism principle of verification method induction popper critical rationalism |
| title | VERIFYING AND FALSYFING OF
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES |
| title_full | VERIFYING AND FALSYFING OF
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES |
| title_fullStr | VERIFYING AND FALSYFING OF
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES |
| title_full_unstemmed | VERIFYING AND FALSYFING OF
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES |
| title_short | VERIFYING AND FALSYFING OF
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES |
| title_sort | verifying and falsyfing of scientific theories |
| topic | logical positivism principle of verification method induction popper critical rationalism |
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