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Definition of disconfirm in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of disconfirm in English English dictionary
- To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid
The empirical data obtained in a test—or, as we shall prefer to say, the observation sentences describing those data—may then either confirm or disconfirm the given hypothesis, or they may be neutral with respect to it.
- Show that (a belief or hypothesis) is not or may not be true
- To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid
- disconfirmation
- Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis
Once we move our search to the region of the mind, we find that access to the facts becomes much more difficult; as a result, disconfirmation is largely out of reach and metaphor begins to flourish.
- disconfirmation
- A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true
One can reduce the disconfirmations of economic generalizations by specifying a margin of error.
- disconfirmation
- The diminishing of the acceptability or probability of a theory by the introduction of new evidence
- disconfirmation
- infirmation
- disconfirming
- Not confirming
- disconfirming
- not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"
- disconfirming
- establishing as invalid or untrue