The verification principle
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- Created on: 03-03-16 12:27
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- Verification principle
- Language based on experience
- Must be analytical, synthetic or mathematical
- Vienna circle concluded religious statements were meaningless
- Ayer- Talk about God can't be proven true or false. Therefore, meaningless.
- Dismissed any talk of religion that can't be verified empirically
- Influenced by Vienna circle- Any discussion about anything that couldn't be logically proven is meaningless.
- Cognitive- meaningful as they're factual statements.
- Non-cognitive can't be verified nor falsified.
- Cognitive- meaningful as they're factual statements.
- Important ethical statements are regarded as meaningless
- Laws of science can't be verified
- Historical statements can't be verified
- A.J Ayer- Strong/weak
- Strong= when there is no doubt over a metaphysical statement
- Weak= No absolute proof, strong likelihood of truth
- A.J Ayer
- Ayer- Talk about God can't be proven true or false. Therefore, meaningless.
- Claims about God can't be contradicted- they are not significant propositions. Neither true/false, but cannot be valid.
- Statements about beauty/art are meaningless- E.g. beauty can't be decided on basis of observation.
- Richard Swinburne
- "All ravens are (at all times) black" No way to know, could be a white one, can never be certain.
- According to the V principle- this is meaningless.
- Also considered with after life and idea of a soul.
- A.J Ayer
- Claims about God can't be contradicted- they are not significant propositions. Neither true/false, but cannot be valid.
- Statements about beauty/art are meaningless- E.g. beauty can't be decided on basis of observation.
- Richard Swinburne
- "All ravens are (at all times) black" No way to know, could be a white one, can never be certain.
- According to the V principle- this is meaningless.
- Also considered with after life and idea of a soul.
- Wittgenstein
- Meaning of language- "people discussing the meaning of meaning."
- Influenced by Vienna circle- Any discussion about anything that couldn't be logically proven is meaningless.
- Cognitive- meaningful as they're factual statements.
- Non-cognitive can't be verified nor falsified.
- Cognitive- meaningful as they're factual statements.
- Influenced by Vienna circle- Any discussion about anything that couldn't be logically proven is meaningless.
- Meaning of language- "people discussing the meaning of meaning."
- Practical verifiability- E.g. "that shirt is yellow" can be tested. "There is life on other planets- Difficult to verify
- Language based on experience
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