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iaajah-2836	Charles Kosolu Onebunne; Prof. Bonachristus Umeogu	INDUCTION VERSUS SCEINTIFIC PROGRESS: EXAMINING BACKGROUND QUESTIONS IN POPPER’S CONCEPTION OF SCIENCE	2022	14	.pdf	application/pdf	5662	292	49	In this light, “Popper said that there are significant non-scientific theories, and therefore a significant criterion does not coincide with a delimitation criterion proposing replacing verifiability with falsifiability as a delimitation criterion”19 In a nutshell, Popper “opposed the view that statement that are not falsifiable are meaningless of wrong”.20 With this, it becomes clear that Karl Popper does not dismiss non-scientific theories as they could possess their own meaning and as well could become raw materials for scientific theories. Popper on Deductive Testing of Theories “Popper argues that the only logical technique that is integral part of the scientific method is that of deductive testing, the conclusions being deduced from a hypothesis and then compared with each other and other relevant statements to determine whether they falsify or corroborate the hypothesis”6 In supporting the position of Karl Popper, Thornton posits that “Such conclusions are not directly compared to facts, simply because there are no ‘pure’ facts available; all observations statements are loaded by theory and are just as much a function of purely subjective factors (interests, expectations, desires, etc) as they are a function of what is truly objective”7 still furthering his contention regarding deductive testing, Popper went ahead to specify four steps for his deductive procedure: I proposed that the refutability or falsifiability of a theoretical system should be taken as the criterion of its demarcation.	cache/iaajah-2836.pdf	txt/iaajah-2836.txt