The Problems with Confirmation and their Solution According to Popper
Words: 748 Pages: 2 2437A common practice in science is to propose a hypothesis, design related experiments, collect data, observe the result, and either confirm or disconfirm the hypothesis. Confirmation is the rational raising of one's confidence in a scientific hypothesis. Usually, positive instances of the scientists' hypothesis confirm their theory, while negative instances disconfirm, or falsify, their theory. Philosopher and scientist Karl Popper think that it is impossible for any scientific theory to be confirmed. According to Popper, science progresses only through falsification […]