This paper reviews how research on the demarcation problem has developed, starting from Popper's criterion of falsifiability and ending with recent naturalistically oriented approaches. The main differences between traditional contemporary approaches to are explicated in terms six postulates called assumptions. It is argued that all assumptions can be dismissed without giving up doing so might ...

Abstract With the advent of new missions to probe spectral distortions cosmic microwave background with unprecedented precision, study theoretical predictions these signals becomes a promising avenue test our description early Universe. Meanwhile, axion monodromy still offers viable framework describe inflation. In order explore constraints on inflationary models based while aiming at falsifyin...

According to Karl Popper, we can tell good theories from poor ones by assessing their empirical content (empirischer Gehalt), which basically reflects how much information they convey concerning the world. “The empirical content of a statement increases with its degree of falsifiability: the more a statement forbids, the more it says about the world of experience.” Two criteria to evaluate the ...

Problems of scientific cosmology only rarely occur in the works of Karl Popper, the famous Austrian-British philosopher. Nevertheless, it was a subject that interested him and which he occasionally commented on. What is more important, his general claim of falsifiability as a criterion that demarcates science from non-science has played a significant role in periods of the development of modern...

1 The person who initiated this paper provided the detailed analysis of the NIST report and largely set the structure and style of the paper but wishes to remain anonymous.

There is a continuing rise in studies examining the impact that adaptive comparative judgment (ACJ) can have on practice technology education. This appears to stem from ACJ being seen offer solution difficulties faced assessment of designerly activity which prominent contemporary education internationally. Central research questions date focused whether was feasible, reliable, and offered broad...

The concept “smart city” nowadays designates a plethora of things. multiple meanings associated with the smart city, and its imperfect synonym “robotic city”, continue to provide topic debate. In this paper we aim present an epistemologically grounded review articles focused on correlatives. goal article is ascertain whether scientific character theories employed in such discussed and/or ascert...

A fundamental concern of a theory of statistical inference is how one should measure statistical evidence. Certainly the words "statistical evidence," or perhaps just "evidence," are much used in statistical contexts. It is fair to say, however, that the precise characterization of this concept is somewhat elusive. Our goal here is to provide a definition of how to measure statistical evidence ...