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Minimal Verificationism - On the Limits of Knowledge (Hardcover, Digital original)
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Minimal Verificationism - On the Limits of Knowledge (Hardcover, Digital original)
Series: Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies
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Verificationism has been a hallmark of logical empiricism.
According to this principle, a sentence is insignificant in a
certain sense if its truth value cannot be determined. Although
logical empiricists strove for decades to develop an adequate
principle of verification, they failed to resolve its problems.
This led to a general abandonment of the verificationist project in
the early 1960s. In the last 50 years, this view has received
tremendously bad press. Today it is mostly regarded as an outdated
historical concept. Theories that have evolved since the
abandonment of verificationism can, however, help overcome some of
its key problems. More specifically, an adequate criterion of
significance can be derived from a combination of modern theories
of justification and belief revision, along with a formal semantics
for counterfactuals. In view of these potential improvements, the
abandonment of verificationism appears premature. Half a century
following its decline, it might be about time to revisit this
disreputable view. The author argues in favor of a weak form of
verificationism. This approach could be referred to as minimal
verificationism, as it involves a weakening of traditional
verificationist principles in various respects while maintaining
their core idea.
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