Réfutabilité
Réfutabilité, from the French word for refutability, is the philosophical principle that a claim or hypothesis must be potentially falsifiable by evidence or observation. The concept is closely linked to the notion of falsifiability first articulated by philosopher Karl Popper. According to Popper, a scientific theory is meaningful and should be considered scientifically valid only if there exists some conceivable experiment or observation that could show it to be false. This standard distinguishes science from metaphysics or pseudoscience, as the latter often lack clear criteria for falsification.
In practice, réfutabilité can be applied to empirical hypotheses, laws, models, and even ethics. For a claim
Critics of réfutabilité argue that not all meaningful propositions are strictly testable, and some argue that