• In philosophy of science, confirmation holism, also called epistemological holism, is the view that no individual statement can be confirmed or disconfirmed...
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  • concept of holism can inform the methodology for a broad array of scientific fields and lifestyle practices. When applications of holism are said to...
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  • scientific hypothesis can be understood in isolation, a viewpoint called confirmation holism. In reaction to both the logical positivists and Popper, discussions...
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    ontological relativity and the related doctrine of confirmation holism. The premise of confirmation holism is that all theories (and the propositions derived...
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  • In recent years, the debate surrounding semantic holism, which is one among the many forms of holism that are debated and discussed in contemporary philosophy...
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    it a number of his philosophical positions such as naturalism, confirmational holism, and the criterion of ontological commitment. Putnam gave Quine's...
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  • Ideas like this are a part of the philosophical perspective known as confirmation holism. Coherence theories of truth claim that coherence and consistency...
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  • direction), but it can still get very close to either extreme. See also confirmation holism. Qualification of corroborating evidence is sometimes raised as philosophically...
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    such as verifiability (e.g., verificationism) or coherence (e.g., confirmation holism). The scientific method involves experimentation to test the ability...
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  • Carnap sought a switch from verification to confirmation. Carnap's confirmability criterion (confirmationism) would not require conclusive verification...
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