confirmational

English

Etymology

confirmation +‎ -al

Adjective

confirmational (not comparable)

1. (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the confirmation of one theory or observation by others.
   • 2007 September 28, David Liggins, “Quine, Putnam, and the ‘Quine–Putnam’ Indispensability Argument”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:

     Unlike the standard ‘Quine–Putnam’ argument given in Sect. 1, these arguments do not invoke confirmational holism.

Related terms

• disconfirmational