Testable but not falsifiable?

Brian I. Crother · Christopher M. Murray

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Philosophy and History of Science Plant Diversity and Evolution Evolution and Paleontology Studies

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We are puzzled by a recent comment that suggested that historical hypotheses can be tested but are unfalsifiable. We argue that phylogenetic hypotheses are falsifiable without the aid of a time machine and that they are like any other hypothesis: they are tentative knowledge propositions capable of falsification with character evidence.

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