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ad hoc hypotheses
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Ad hoc hypothesis
In
science
and
philosophy
, an
ad hoc
hypothesis
is a
hypothesis
added to a
theory
in order to save it from being
falsified
.
Ad hoc
hypothesizing is compensating for anomalies not anticipated by the theory in its unmodified form.
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