PHL * K101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Falsifiability, Scientific Progress
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A genuine scientific claim is not falsifiable, a claim that is not falsifiable is not. The point of science is to represent in some way how the world is. It always takes a risk that it is wrong- it is essentially a gamble. Logically, there are an infinite number of ways the world could be. Science is not about what"s logically possible, but what is. The more ways a theory could go wrong, yet remains confirmed creates a very strong theory. The standard account of a scientific explanation. Scientific explanation is a argument with premises and conclusions. Laws under which you operate, and then factual conditions that should be fulfilled (explanans) You can use these two things for the conclusion, the thing you want to explain (explinanadum) The event you want to explain is covered by the laws of nature, (deductive nomological)- from laws you deduce the thing you want to explain.
