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V["`**Validation Approaches**`"]:::none
F["`**Falsification
(Not Rejected)**
*Hypotheses are
not confirmed.
They survive
attempts at refutation*`"]:::strong B["`**Bayesian Epistemology**
*Evidence updates belief;
hypotheses gain
posterior probability*`"]:::strong C["`**Confirmation Theory**
*Evidence increases
degree of support*`"]:::strong I["`**Inference to the
Best Explanation**
*Prefer the hypothesis
that best explains
the evidence*`"]:::strong R["`**Pragmatism**
*Hypotheses validated
by practical success*`"]:::strong NV["`**Not Possible**`"]:::none CO["`**Proving
Hypotheses
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(Not Rejected)**
*Hypotheses are
not confirmed.
They survive
attempts at refutation*`"]:::strong B["`**Bayesian Epistemology**
*Evidence updates belief;
hypotheses gain
posterior probability*`"]:::strong C["`**Confirmation Theory**
*Evidence increases
degree of support*`"]:::strong I["`**Inference to the
Best Explanation**
*Prefer the hypothesis
that best explains
the evidence*`"]:::strong R["`**Pragmatism**
*Hypotheses validated
by practical success*`"]:::strong NV["`**Not Possible**`"]:::none CO["`**Proving
Hypotheses
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