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by lutusp
4680 days ago
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> I call it inexact because you can't use the classical way of proving theories right or wrong. If you cannot clearly and empirically prove a theory wrong (in principle), it is not science. Falsifiability is required for science and scientific theories. This doesn't mean all scientific theories are false, it means all scientific theories must not fail a comparison with reality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_theory Quote: "The strength of a scientific theory is related to the diversity of phenomena it can explain, which is measured by its ability to make falsifiable predictions with respect to those phenomena." On that basis, psychology is not a science. > If this were to happen in physics we'd call it it a failed or incomplete theory. If this were to happen in physics, people would abandon it, as they abandoned astrology and alchemy. |
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