Popper and falsification

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    • Popper
      Rejected positivist view that science is based on verification > idea we can prove that something is true by gathering evidence to support it
      • what made science different was “principle of falsification“ = statement is scientific if it’s capable of being falsified > a good theory is one that in principle is capable of being falsified but when tested it stands up to scrutiny and explains