# confirmation holism

> philosophical view that no individual statement can be confirmed or disconfirmed by an empirical test, but only a set of statements (a whole theory)

**Wikidata**: [Q5252816](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5252816)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_holism)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/confirmation-holism