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Refutations meaning

plural of refutation

Using Refutations

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of refutation
  • In the example corpus, refutations often appears in combinations such as: and refutations, refutations to, refutations of.

Context around Refutations

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

bliss 1× subtle 1× empirical 1× forms 1×

Often after:

defenses 1×

Sentence patterns with Refutations

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

conjectures and refutations the growth 2× conjectures and refutations to hayek 2× and bliss refutations are equally 1× conjectures and refutations 1× conjectures and refutations to mathematics 1× glimpse subtle refutations of southern 1× known as refutations 1× number of refutations including one 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a large part 1× hacohen 2000 popper 1× he attempts a 1× his well known 1× in contrast to 1× ironically if you 1×

Common sentence endings:

refutations to hayek 2× a thorough deist 1× are equally cryptic 1× cambridge phd thesis 1× conjectures and refutations 1× defenses and theodicies 1×

Words around Refutations

Just before it in the word index:

refutation 42 refutable 11 refusing 1.307 refuses 897 refusers 2 refuseniks 4

Just after it in the word index:

refute 149 refuted 265 refutes 38 refuting 56 reg 112 rega 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 20 abductees 20 abdulahi 20 abetment 20 abhors 20 ablution 20

Corpus analysis for Refutations

  • In this selection, "refutations" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bliss, subtle, empirical and defenses stand out and add context to how "refutations" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include conjectures and refutations the growth and conjectures and refutations to hayek. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "refutations" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with refutations

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Popper dedicated his Conjectures and Refutations to Hayek. (8 words)

Hacohen, 2000 Popper dedicated his Conjectures and Refutations to Hayek. (10 words)

This is a continuous way our knowledge accumulates, through the logic and process of proofs and refutations. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist. (45 words)

He attempts a number of refutations, including one that arguably foreshadows Darwin's theory, and makes the point that if God resembles a human designer, then assuming divine characteristics such as omnipotence and omniscience is not justified. (37 words)

Karl Popper, "Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge" (New York: Routledge, 1998), pg 186. Such a model allowed the concept that celestial bodies could pass under the Earth, opening the way to Greek astronomy. (36 words)

Example sentences (16)

It’s impossible to know what’s going on here, as both the reports and Bliss’ refutations are equally cryptic.

Ironically, if you peer intently into Selznick’s Uncle Remus-visits-Wuthering Heights presentation, it’s possible to glimpse subtle refutations of Southern apologetics.

A large part of what is known about the beliefs of heresies comes from the documents quoted in councils in order to be refuted, or indeed only from the deductions based on the refutations.

Hacohen, 2000 Popper dedicated his Conjectures and Refutations to Hayek.

He attempts a number of refutations, including one that arguably foreshadows Darwin's theory, and makes the point that if God resembles a human designer, then assuming divine characteristics such as omnipotence and omniscience is not justified.

His well-known essay on the subject, "Back to the Pre-Socratics", can be found in the anthology of his essays Conjectures and Refutations - The Growth of Scientific Knowledge, 2nd Edition.

In contrast to empiricist-inductivist views, he welcomed metaphysics and philosophical discussion and even gave qualified support to myths Karl Popper: Science: Conjectures and Refutations.

It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.

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It was Agassi who first introduced Lakatos to Popper under the rubric of his applying a fallibilist methodology of conjectures and refutations to mathematics in his Cambridge PhD thesis.

Karl Popper, "Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge" (New York: Routledge, 1998), pg 186. Such a model allowed the concept that celestial bodies could pass under the Earth, opening the way to Greek astronomy.

Moreover, since Einstein also explained the empirical refutations of Newton's theory, general relativity was immediately deemed suitable for tentative acceptance on the Popperian account.

Popper dedicated his Conjectures and Refutations to Hayek.

Protagoras is credited with the philosophy of relativism, which he discusses in his work, Truth (also known as Refutations).

Responses to various versions of the problem of evil, meanwhile, come in three forms: refutations, defenses, and theodicies.

The article was followed by a series of supports and refutations in the short space of five years.

This is a continuous way our knowledge accumulates, through the logic and process of proofs and refutations.

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Common combinations with refutations

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Frequently asked questions

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