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Verificationism

Verificationism, also known as the verification principle or the verifiability criterion of meaning, is a doctrine in philosophy which asserts that a statement is cognitively meaningful only if it is empirically verifiable (can be confirmed through experience) or an analytic truth (true by virtue of its definition or logical form). Typically expressed as…

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related to Logical positivism · 25
Verificationism → Around Moritz Schlick, Ayer, Ayer's Language, By, Carnap, Drawing, English-speaking, Even, German-speaking, Gottlob Frege, Hans Hahn, In, In Logical Syntax, John Passmore, Karl Popper's, Language, Logic, Otto Neurath, Outside, Philipp Frank
related to Conceptual origins · 18
Verificationism → According, At, Auguste Comte, David Hume, Einstein's, Ernst Mach, Gilbert Ryle, Hume, James's, Later, Nineteenth, Peirce, Pierre Duhem, Pragmatists, Principle, The, Verifiability, William James
related to Falsificationism · 16
Verificationism → Albert Einstein, Appealing, Carnap, Contemporary, Einstein's, Freud's, He, Hempel, In, In The Logic, Notably, Popper, Scientific Discovery, Sigmund Freud, Though, Though Freud
related to Self-consistency and explication · 14
Verificationism → Ayer, Explications, Friends, Hans Reichenbach, Hempel, In, In Logical Foundations, Language, Logic, Logical, Probability, Rudolf Carnap, Truth, Within
related to Contemporary status · 11
Verificationism → Although, Both Dummett, Cheryl Misak's, Crispin Wright, Dummett, In, Its History, Michael Dummett, On, Prospects, Wright
related to Karl Popper and falsifiability · 9
Verificationism → First, He, On, Philosopher Karl Popper, Popper, Second, Third, Vienna, Vienna Circle
related to Strong verification · 8
Verificationism → According, Difficulties, In, Members, The, These, Universal, Vienna Circle
related to W. V. O. Quine, holism and analyticity · 8
Verificationism → Empiricism, If, In, Instead, Quine, This, Two Dogmas, Willard Van Orman Quine
related to Criticism · 3
Verificationism → By, Furthermore, Objections
related to background · 1
Verificationism → This

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meaning criterion logical would empirical principle scientific meaningful verification observation sentences language truth verificationist statements verifiability positivism experience carnap popper

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Willard Van Orman Quineinstance oftheoretical foundations of verificationism encountered escalating scrutiny through the work of philosophers0.80text
Karl Popperinstance oftheoretical foundations of verificationism encountered escalating scrutiny through the work of philosophers0.80text
Bas van Fraasseninstance ofincluding the work of philosophers0.80text
Michael Dummettinstance ofincluding the work of philosophers0.80text
Crispin Wrightinstance ofincluding the work of philosophers0.80text
Einstein's general theory of relativity.The more explicitly semantic side of verificationism drew on developments in analytic philosophyinstance ofa stance that influenced the early logical empiricists' suspicion of unobservable entities and their admiration for the empirical success of theories0.80text
Rudolf Carnapinstance ofphilosophers and scientists0.80text
Hans Hahninstance ofphilosophers and scientists0.80text
Philipp Frankinstance ofphilosophers and scientists0.80text
Otto Neurath sought to develop ainstance ofphilosophers and scientists0.80text
the analyticinstance ofits dependence on controversial distinctions0.80text
Verificationismrelated to backgroundThis0.60section

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