confirmability theory

noun

: a modification of the verifiability principle according to which a requirement or criterion for the meaningfulness of a factual statement is its susceptibility to the possibility of being either theoretically or actually supported by reference to empirical facts

Word History

Etymology

confirmability from confirmable + -ity

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