Part a
let's start with an example from history. listed below are a series of claims regarding united states president john f. kennedy (1917-1963). classify each statement according to whether or not it is falsifiable.
[falsifiable: could be proven false]
- kennedy was the 35th president of the united states
- kennedy died from a bullet in his brain
[not falsifiable: could not be proven false]
- kennedy's death was the will of god
- the murder of john f. kennedy was an act of evil
- if he'd lived, kennedy would have ended the vietnam war
- kennedy's murder was orchestrated by an undetectable shadow government of the united states