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Noun
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1. An invalid scientific philosophy in which any single instance of refuting data is enough to falsify the entire claim.

#:Under naive falsificationism, the birth control pill would be considered as ineffective since there are instances (3 in 1000) in which it does not work.

See also
falsificationism
sophisticated falsificationism

• 2006-11-09 09:40 - Jonathan Webley - fmt

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