A methodology emphasizing conjectures exposed to demanding attempts at refutation. Falsifiability is a property of claims under testing assumptions; falsificationism is a view about scientific practice.
An intersubjectively testable report of an observable occurrence in specified circumstances, capable of participating in a test or attempted falsification. In Karl Popper's account, accepting a basic statement is provisional and may be reopened by further testing.[ref]
Karl Popper's appraisal of a conjecture's survival of demanding tests relative to accepted basic statements. It is a retrospective methodological assessment, distinct from a proof of truth or an inductive probability of truth.[ref]

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