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COUNTERVAILING TENDENCY [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Logic (Philosophy)
  • Sciences - General
DEF

... a previously unkown factor that is hypothesized in order to account for discrepancies between theoretical expectations and observed facts[.]

CONT

Popper's attack on countervailing tendencies derives from the fact that it is always possible to save a theory from false consequences by referring to factors not accounted for in the theory. But he believes that such appeals reduce or eliminate the empirical content of the theory.

OBS

countervailing tendency: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • countervailing tendencies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logique (Philosophie)
  • Sciences - Généralités
OBS

ajustement compensatoire : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • ajustements compensatoires

Spanish

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