Empirically Validatable Knowledge
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An Empirically Validatable Knowledge is a falsifiable theory that is not falsified theory.
- AKA: Scientific Theory.
- Context:
- It can be the output of a Scientific Knowledge Discovery or Scientific Knowledge Search.
- It can range from being Peer-Reviewed Scientific Knowledge to being Raw Scientific Knowledge.
- It can (typically) explain Observations.
- It can range from being a True Scientific Knowledge to being a False Scientific Knowledge.
- It can be the focus of a Scientific Discipline.
- …
- Example(s):
- light has constant speed.
- evolution requires heredity, mutation, and selection.
- global warming is happening and it can be attributed to increases in (human-generated) greenhouse gases.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Scientific Discipline, Experimental Evidence, Scientific Knowledge Discovery Task, Justified True Belief Falsifiable Prediction, Obsolete Scientific Theory, Superseded Scientific Theory.
References
2020
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/07/30/you-must-not-do-your-own-research-when-it-comes-to-science/
- QUOTE: Similarly, in the field of climate science, it’s overwhelmingly well-understood that:
- the Earth is warming,
- and local climate patterns are changing,
- caused by changes in the concentration of gases in our atmosphere,
- driven by human-caused emission of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels,
- and that this is having a number of adverse consequences: causing changes in food supplies, water availability, and land use all across the world.
- This has been scientifically known and accepted by the consensus of active climate scientists for more than 30 years, and yet a sustained misinformation campaign — as well as a few contrarian scientists — has sown sufficient doubt that anyone who is determined to “do their own research” can find boatloads of websites and documents confirming whatever conspiratorial line of thought they prefer. …
- QUOTE: Similarly, in the field of climate science, it’s overwhelmingly well-understood that:
2009
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=scientific%20theory
- S: (n) scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations) "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=theory
- S: (n) theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena) "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"
- S: (n) hypothesis, possibility, theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena) "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
- S: (n) theory (a belief that can guide behavior) "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"