Falsificationism falsifies itself: it is a theory scientists refuse to abandon despite mountains of observations that falsify it
Falsificationism considers a single theory in isolation. A weight of evidence theory is about comparing two theories.
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So you disagree with Deborah Mayo then? Shouldn't we ever abandon a theory without something ready to turn to?
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I think we sometimes should. But falsificationism is the claim that scientists actually do [they don’t] or always should [usually wrong].
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