corroboration 2
noundomain: communication
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Definition
In the philosophy of science of Karl Popper, the positive result of a genuinely ‘risky’ prediction which might conceivably have falsified a scientific theory.
Examples
- 1.Scientific progress, in other words, could now be represented as progress towards the truth, and experimental corroboration could be seen an indicator of verisimilitude.


