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Which science is that, that requires falsifiability? English? A made up word that gets used certainly is a worthy object of study in that science. Similar poin
by candiodari 5y ago
Which science is that, that requires falsifiability?
English? A made up word that gets used certainly is a worthy object of study in that science. Similar points can be made about all humanist sciences.
Natural sciences? Say, Biology. Fictional, and therefore unfalsifiable, biological systems, in the context of the search for extraterrestrial life or just generally (e.g. can we have living silicon-based life?) are objects of study.
Physics? Only experimental physics requires falsifiability. That a large part of it is in fact searching for falsifiability illustrates, I hope, that falsifiability is not a requirement for 99% of Physics. String theory is famous for being unfalsifiable.
Math? Unfalsifiable theories are seen as a good thing in math, and are certainly objects of study. That we don't have a good unfalsifiable set theory for over a century is one of the great problems in math.
You might say I'm a utilitarian. But so is everyone else, despite a few people being confused. Of course, that's exactly what a utilitarian would say.