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Verificationism, philosophy: verificationism is, in the narrower sense, the view that the meaning of statements consists through the method of their verification (their confirmation). It follows that statements which cannot be verified are ultimately meaningless. See also anti-realism, realism, empiricist sense criterion._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Moritz Schlick on Verificationism - Dictionary of Arguments
Stalnaker I 2 SchlickVsVerificationism: the grammatical rules are not found in nature, but are stipulated. - Hence the logical possibility of verification is always imposed by ourselves. >Nature, >World, >Reality, >World/Thinking, >Descriptions, >Understanding, >Meaning, >Structures, >Verification (Confirmation)._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Schlick I Moritz Schlick "Facts and Propositions" Analysis 2 (1935) pp. 65-70 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, 1994 Schlick II M. Schlick General Theory of Knowledge 1985 Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003 |