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Your 'limited hypothesis' can never be proved, because you can't prove things you haven't observed i.e. the proof works only up until counterexample, which by d
by platz 7y ago
Your 'limited hypothesis' can never be proved, because you can't prove things you haven't observed i.e. the proof works only up until counterexample, which by definition of unknowns, counterexamples (or a deeper understanding) would always be a possibility.
Falsification is not end end-all-be-all, it's important, but it's not the only thing that matters.
- perl4ever 7y agoWhat scientific law or rule can be proved?
- platz 7y agowhat is the point shkkmo is making?
- shkkmo 7y agoThat the limited hypothesis is a scientific hypothesis because it is falsifiable and testable while the broad hypothesis is a philosophic question because it is not falsifiable. This is relevant as it is sort of ambiguous as to which hypothesis jshaqaw was asking about.
- platz 7y agobased on the specific wording and vocabulary jshaqaw used, i assumed he was referring to the latter