consider the following claim : " practitioners of healing touch can feel another persons energy field...

consider the following claim : " practitioners of healing touch can feel another persons energy field . " given this claim , which of the following options is correct :

select one :

a) according to popper , such a claim is falsifiable , because we can describe a situation where the claim would be shown wrong .

b) according to popper , such a claim is not falsifiable , because it is not scientific .

c) according to popper , such a claim is not falsifiable , because it is false .

d ) according to popper , such a claim is falsifiable , because we cannot describe. a situation where the claim would be shown wrong .

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a) according to popper, such a claim is falsifiable, because we can describe a situation where the claim would be shown wrong.

The falsifiability is an important concept which is associated with science as well as philosophy and according to Cooper, it is more of a black and white concept. This means that if the theory is falsifiable, it is scientific and when it is not falsifiable, it is not considered as scientific. It is considered as falsifiable because in this we can describe a situation where such claim that healing practice to feel another person’s energy field can be proved wrong.

The second option is not correct because falsifiable means that there is some sort of scientific association with the same. There is a scientific reason.

The third option is not correct because we cannot say where the claim is true or false just because it is not falsifiable. There must be a scientific description about the same.

The last option is not correct because when it comes to a claim being falsifiable, it means that there is a scientific association with the same and hence a particular situation can be described.

Sydney Mullin answered 8 months ago

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