falsable

English translation: falsifiable

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Spanish term or phrase:falsable
English translation:falsifiable
Entered by: Martin Fernandez Cufre

21:19 Jan 8, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general)
Spanish term or phrase: falsable
"una biofísica resultante de ciertas descripciones que son falsables y testeables"

Epistemological discussion of certain biological research. Strangely enough, I couldn't find the English word corresponding to this Spanish expression, quite well used in science in general and epistemology, meaning that a proposition can be proved wrong through empirical research.
Martin Fernandez Cufre
Argentina
Local time: 14:59
falsifiable
Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

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Note added at 15 mins (2016-01-08 21:34:41 GMT)
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Falsifiability is the ability of a theory—a working framework for explaining and predicting natural phenomena—to be disproved by an experiment or observation. The ability to evaluate theories against observations is essential to the scientific method, and as such, the falsifiability of theories is key to this and is the prime test for whether a proposition or theory can be described as scientific. Put simply, if a theory cannot be falsified, there is no point in even examining the evidence.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Falsifiability

Falsifiability, as defined by the philosopher, Karl Popper, defines the inherent testability of any scientific hypothesis.
https://explorable.com/falsifiability

Statements that belong in science must be about reproducible observations. However, as Karl Popper pointed out, there is a much stricter requirement.
A scientific statement is one that could possibly be proven wrong.
Such a statement is said to be falsifiable. Notice that a falsifiable statement is not automatically wrong. However a falsifiable statement always remains tentative and open to the possibility that it is wrong. When a falsifiable statement turns out to be a mistake, we have a way to detect that mistake and correct it.

http://www.courses.vcu.edu/PHY-rhg/astron/html/mod/006/index...

http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logical-fallaci...

Scientific skeptics attempt to evaluate claims based on verifiability and falsifiability and discourage accepting claims on faith or anecdotal evidence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 07:59
Grading comment
Thank you very much. Very clear.
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falsifiable


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

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Note added at 15 mins (2016-01-08 21:34:41 GMT)
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Falsifiability is the ability of a theory—a working framework for explaining and predicting natural phenomena—to be disproved by an experiment or observation. The ability to evaluate theories against observations is essential to the scientific method, and as such, the falsifiability of theories is key to this and is the prime test for whether a proposition or theory can be described as scientific. Put simply, if a theory cannot be falsified, there is no point in even examining the evidence.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Falsifiability

Falsifiability, as defined by the philosopher, Karl Popper, defines the inherent testability of any scientific hypothesis.
https://explorable.com/falsifiability

Statements that belong in science must be about reproducible observations. However, as Karl Popper pointed out, there is a much stricter requirement.
A scientific statement is one that could possibly be proven wrong.
Such a statement is said to be falsifiable. Notice that a falsifiable statement is not automatically wrong. However a falsifiable statement always remains tentative and open to the possibility that it is wrong. When a falsifiable statement turns out to be a mistake, we have a way to detect that mistake and correct it.

http://www.courses.vcu.edu/PHY-rhg/astron/html/mod/006/index...

http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logical-fallaci...

Scientific skeptics attempt to evaluate claims based on verifiability and falsifiability and discourage accepting claims on faith or anecdotal evidence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_skepticism

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 07:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you very much. Very clear.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: This is a less common use of the word, of course. If you want to avoid ambiguity, you could say "refutable".
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil. This use, while less common, is one that is often used in scientific contexts, after Karl Popper's designation of the term. I don't think it's ambiguous in the context of epistemology and research.

agree  Anne Schulz
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Anne.

agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Muriel.

agree  Charles Davis: Has to be falsifiable; as you say, it refers to Popper.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Charles.

agree  Francois Boye
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Francois.

agree  Veronica Allievi
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Veronica.

agree  neilmac: "I thought popper was a drug ... until I discovered philosophy".... :)
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil :-)

agree  Thomas Walker: Agree, although it's more common in English to say that a hypothesis is testable and verifiable, not falsifiable.
22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tom. I think it depends on the context. I've heard the term used a lot by science communicators when talking about the scientific method.
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