Criticisms of verification

R.M Hare
The concept of falsification has been criticised as a philosophical method to establish the meaningfulness of language or concepts

• R.M. Hare suggested that the concept of meaningfulness came from the impact that a belief had on an individual, not from the empirically verifiable or falsifiable nature of the belief
• Hare proposed the idea of 'bliks' - a term ot describe a way of looking at our lives and experiences
  • A blik had the power to radically affect our behaviour and the relationship we had with the world and the people around…