word
Underdetermination
un-der-dih-ter-mih-NAY-shun
/ˌʌndərdɪˌtɜːrmɪˈneɪʃən/Listen
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underdetermination
Dictionary meaning
The thesis that the available evidence is always compatible with multiple incompatible theories, meaning evidence alone cannot uniquely determine which theory is correct
Examples
- The underdetermination thesis suggests that observation can never uniquely confirm a single scientific theory.
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