Some Theories are Unfalsifiable: A Comment on Trafimow

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 703-706

  Wallach, Lise ^a   Wallach, Michael A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

auxiliary assumptions; experiments; falsification; risky predictions; theory of reasoned action; unfalsifiable theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049249481     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354310373676     Document Type: Article

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