  Corroboration or confirmation is a prominent philosophical debate of the 20th
century. Many philosophers have been involved in this debate most notably the
proponents of confirmation led by Hempel and its most powerful criticism by the
falsificationists led by Popper. In both cases however the debates were
primarily based on the arguments from logic. In this paper we review these
debates and suggest that a different perspective on falsification versus
confirmation can be taken by grounding arguments in cognitive psychology.
