hypothetico-deductive method

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hī′pə thet′i kō di duk′tiv)


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hy•po•thet′i•co-de•duc′tive meth′od  (hī′pə thet′i kō di duk′tiv),USA pronunciation [Logic.]
  1. Philosophya method in which a hypothetical model based on observations is proposed and is then tested by the deduction of consequences from the model.
  • hypothetic(al) + -o- + deductive, probably as translation of Italian ipotetico-deduttivo 1925–30


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