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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0124-6127</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Discusiones Filosóficas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[discus.filos]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0124-6127</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Vicerrectoría de Investigaciones y Postgrados, Universidad de Caldas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0124-61272025000100015</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17151/difil.2025.26.46.2</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[On the falsifiability of the Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sobre la falsabilidad de la Teoría Unificada de la Aceptación y el Uso de la Tecnología]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Obando]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jhon Wilder]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Duque]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Emilio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Caldas Facultad de Inteligencia Artificial e Ingenierías ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Manizales ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Caldas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>26</volume>
<numero>46</numero>
<fpage>15</fpage>
<lpage>28</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0124-61272025000100015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0124-61272025000100015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0124-61272025000100015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Falsifiability determines whether an empirical theory is scientific or not, hence any theory that aims at complying this feature must satisfy such condition. Despite its relevance in other areas of science the use of the concepts pertaining to falsifiability to evaluate the empirical nature of hypotheses in the field of new technologies of information and communication or, in particular, in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (hereafter, UTAUT) is infrequent. This paper analyzes three hypotheses advanced by the UTAUT to explain factors that favor the use of technology in several fields in order to determine whether those hypotheses satisfy the condition of falsifiability and whether they perform well according to several empirical tests. To do this, we took into account 6 research papers on the UTAUT published between 2003 and 2023, then we analyzed falsifying instances which allowed us to evaluate, by using Popper&#8217;s theory of science, the main hypotheses selected. The results show that the central hypotheses of UTAUT were falsified as made clear by the six research works analyzed which counterexamples refute the following claims: Performance Expectative (PE), Behavioral Intention (BI) and Social Influence (SI). Our results are consistent with Popper&#8217;s views about the falsifiability of any kind of empirical theory and support the conclusion that the UTAUT is a scientific theory.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La falsabilidad determina si una teoría empírica es científica o no, por lo que cualquier teoría que pretenda cumplir esta característica debe satisfacer dicha condición. A pesar de su relevancia en otras áreas de la ciencia, el uso de los conceptos relacionados con la falsabilidad para evaluar la naturaleza empírica de las hipótesis en el campo de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación o, en particular, en la Teoría Unificada de la Aceptación y el Uso de la Tecnología (en adelante, UTAUT) es poco frecuente. Este artículo analiza tres hipótesis planteadas por la UTAUT para explicar los factores que favorecen el uso de la tecnología en varios campos, con el fin de determinar si esas hipótesis satisfacen la condición de falsabilidad y si funcionan bien según varias pruebas empíricas. Para ello, se tomaron en cuenta seis artículos de investigación sobre la UTAUT publicados entre 2003 y 2023, y luego se analizaron los casos de falsificación que permitieron evaluar, utilizando la teoría científica de Popper, las principales hipótesis seleccionadas. Los resultados muestran que las hipótesis centrales de la UTAUT fueron falsificadas, como lo dejan claro los seis trabajos de investigación analizados, cuyos contraejemplos refutan las siguientes afirmaciones: expectativa de rendimiento (PE), intención conductual (BI) e influencia social (SI). Nuestros resultados son coherentes con las opiniones de Popper sobre la falsabilidad de cualquier tipo de teoría empírica y respaldan la conclusión de que la UTAUT es una teoría científica.]]></p></abstract>
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