verifiability principle
verifiability principle · verifiability principles
The principle, especially in 20th-century empiricism, that a statement has meaning if,…The principle, especially in 20th-century empiricism, that a statement has meaning if, and only if, either it can be verified by means of empirical observations or it is logically true by definition.
Meaning
1 sensesThe principle, especially in 20th-century empiricism, that a statement has meaning if, and only if, either it can be verified by means of empirical observations or it is logically true by definition.
Origin
Coined by the philosopher Alfred Jules Ayer c. 1936.Coined by the philosopher Alfred Jules Ayer c. 1936.
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Forms
plural: verifiability principles| Singular | verifiability principle |
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