What kind of holism states that no individual statement can be confirmed or dis confirmed by an empirical test but only a set of statements?

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Quine's holistic view of confirmation states that individual statements cannot be confirmed or disconfirmed in isolation but only as part of a wider web of beliefs. This means that the truth of any statement depends on the coherence of the entire set of beliefs.

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