Confirmation Holism

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Epistemological holism
gptkbp:category gptkb:Epistemology
Philosophy of science concepts
gptkbp:coinedBy 20th century
gptkbp:contrastsWith Hypothetico-deductivism
Naive falsificationism
gptkbp:describes Scientific theories are tested as a whole
gptkbp:field Philosophy of science
gptkbp:hasConcept Empirical evidence tests networks of beliefs
No individual hypothesis can be tested in isolation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confirmation Holism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Epistemology
Philosophy of science
Scientific methodology
gptkbp:mainProponent gptkb:Willard_Van_Orman_Quine
gptkb:Pierre_Duhem
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Willard_Van_Orman_Quine
gptkbp:publishedIn The Two Dogmas of Empiricism
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Duhem–Quine_thesis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Quine's_Philosophy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8