<epistemology, philosophy of science, hypothesis, ockhamism> <empiricism, neo-empiricism> Heisenberg's uncertainty relations> <hypotetical deductive method> the scientific method of testing would-be laws (hypotheses) by making {predictions of particular observable events, then observing whether the events turn out as predicted. If so, the hypothesis is confirmed. If not, the hypothesis is disconfirmed, or (some would say) refuted.
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