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disconfirmation

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(chiefly philosophy, uncountable) Introduction of evidence which conclusively establishes that a belief or hypothesis is not true or which diminishes the acceptability of a belief or hypothesis.

(countable) A particular fact, observation, or other item of evidence which shows or tends to show that a belief or hypothesis is not true.

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All testing, all confirmation and disconfirmation of a hypothesis takes place already within a system. Ludwig Wittgenstein

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