confirmability
confirmability noun: the state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
Noun
confirmability (plural confirmabilities)
- The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
- Nothing seems more natural than to approach confirmability via confirmation.1968, G. Schlesinger, “Confirmability and Determinism,”, in The Philosophical Quarterly, volume 18, number 70, page 30
- So the confirmability as well as the refutability of our theories (conditional if not categorical) are necessary conditions for the possibility of science.2003, Frederik A. Muller, “Refutability Revamped: How Quantum Mechanics Saves the Phenomena,”, in Erkenntnis, volume 58, number 2, page 190
- Synonyms:
- verifiability
Synonyms of confirmability
Forms of confirmability
| plural | confirmabilities |
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Origin of confirmability
From confirm + -ability.
Questions about confirmability
- What does confirmability mean?
- Confirmability means the state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
- What part of speech is confirmability?
- Confirmability is a noun.
- What is the plural of confirmability?
- The plural of confirmability is confirmabilities.
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