The Lexicon · Genealogy · Modern
POPPER, KARL
1902–1994
Falsifiability (The Verification That Cannot Be Done, By Policy)
Popper: a scientific claim earns its status by exposing itself to refutation. Limbo's verification screen — Artisthood remains unverifiable. This is policy. — is the falsifiability criterion applied to identity and returned with an institutional verdict. The claim "I am an artist" cannot be falsified. The claim cannot, therefore, be scientific. The institution accepts the claim as liturgical. The liturgical does not require falsification.