confirmation holism
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philosophical view that no individual statement can be confirmed or disconfirmed by an empirical test, but only a set of statements (a whole theory)
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Within Vinony's link graph, confirmation holism is referenced by 274 other articles, and connects out to Karl Popper, Ernst Mach and theoretical physics.
It sits within the topics Epistemology of science, Holism and Metaphysics of science.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Karl Popper
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Ernst Mach
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theoretical physics
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positivism
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Urbain Le Verrier
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Paul Feyerabend
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E. P. Thompson
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Eugen Dühring
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Bas van Fraassen
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Ernst Laas
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Isaac Newton
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Vladimir Lenin
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Mercury
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Galileo Galilei
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Neptune
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sociology
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Stephen Hawking
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gravity
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knowledge
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