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FA HSIEN (late 4th or early 5th century):

FALSIFIABILITY:

FALWELL, Jerry (1934):

FAMILY OF LOVE:

FANON, Franz (1925-1961):

FARABI, Abu Nasr Muhammad (d. 950 aged about 80):

FAREL, Guillaume (1489-1565):

FARRER, Austin Marsden (1904-1969):

FARRER, Frederick William (1831-1903):

FATHERHOOD OF GOD:

FATIMA (7th century):

FERGUSON, Marilyn Grasso (1938-):

FEUERBACH, Ludwig Andreas (1804-1872):

FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814):

FILIOQUE CLAUSE:

FINNEY, Charles Grandison (1792-1875):

FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM:

FLEW, Anthony (1923-):

FLORENCE, COUNCIL OF:

FORD, Henry (1863-1947):

FORM CRITICISM:

FORM-MATTER GROUNDMOTIVE:

FORMGESCHICHTE:

FOSDICK, Harry, Emerson (1878-1969):

FOUCAULT, Michel (1926-1988):

FOUR HOLY TRUTHS:

FOUR NOBEL TRUTHS:

FOX, George (1624-1691):

FOX, Matthew (1940-):

FOXE, John (1516-1587):

FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1181?-1226):

FRANCIS OF SALES (1567-1622):

FRAZER, Sir James George (1854-1941):

FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1940):

FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF:

FROEBEL, Friedrick Wilhelm August (1782-1852):

FROMM, Eric (1900-1980):

FRY, Elizabeth (1780-1845):

FUNDAMENTALISM:

FUNDAMENTALIST:

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FALSIFIABILITY:

a variant of the VERIFICATION PRINCIPLE developed by Sir Karl POPPER who argued that while we cannot absolutely prove that something is true, it is possible to falsify theories and BELIEFS thus eliminating error. He made falsification the test of TRUTH in his theory of SCIENCE and used it to distinguish between science and pseudo-science.