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In this video, I'll talk about 8 big issues with Verificationism and Logical Positivism that eventually led to their demise in philosophy.
References:
[1] A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic. Courier Corporation, 1952.
[2] O. Hanfling, “Logical Positivism,” in Routledge History of Philosophy Volume IX, Routledge, 1997.
[3] J. A. Passmore, “Logical Positivism,” Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 129–153, 1944, doi: 10.1080/00048404408541199.
[4] S. Blackburn, “Verification Principle,” The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. OUP Oxford, p. 420, Aug. 21, 2008.
[5] Britannica The Editors of Encyclopaedia., “Verifiability Principle,” Encyclopedia Britannica. Apr. 26, 2016. Accessed: Sep. 09, 2024. [Online]. Available: britannica.com/topic/verifiability-principle
[6] J. D. Hunter, Democracy and Solidarity: on the cultural roots of america’s political crisis. in Politics and culture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2024.
[7] A. MacIntyre, After Virtue. A&C Black, 2013.
[8] Crossway Bibles, Ed., ESV: study Bible: English standard version, ESV text ed. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles, 2007.
[9] H. Leitgeb and A. Carus, “Rudolf Carnap,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2024., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2024. Accessed: Sep. 09, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2024/entries/carnap/
[10] R. Carnap, The Logical Syntax of Language. Open Court Publishing, 2002.
[11] W. van Orman Quine, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism,” in Can Theories be Refuted? Essays on the Duhem-Quine Thesis, S. G. Harding, Ed., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1976, pp. 41–64. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-1863-0_2.
[12] L. Henderson, “The Problem of Induction,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Winter 2022., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022. Accessed: Sep. 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2022/entries/induction-problem/
[13] D. Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning Into Moral Subjects, and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, vol. 1. Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878.
[14] W. Pietsch, On the Epistemology of Data Science: Conceptual Tools for a New Inductivism. Springer Nature, 2021.
[15] K. R. Popper, Conjectures and refutations: the growth of scientific knowledge, Repr. in Routledge Classics. London: Routledge, 2007.
[16] R. Carnap, “Testability and Meaning,” Philosophy of Science, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 419–471, Oct. 1936, doi: 10.1086/286432.
[17] H. Andreas, “Theoretical Terms in Science,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2021., E. N. Zalta, Ed., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2021. Accessed: Sep. 10, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2021/entriesheoretical-terms-science/
#philosophy #philosophyofreligion #philosophyofscience #theology #apologetics #science
In this video, I'll talk about 8 big issues with Verificationism and Logical Positivism that eventually led to their demise in philosophy.
References:
[1] A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic. Courier Corporation, 1952.
[2] O. Hanfling, “Logical Positivism,” in Routledge History of Philosophy Volume IX, Routledge, 1997.
[3] J. A. Passmore, “Logical Positivism,” Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 129–153, 1944, doi: 10.1080/00048404408541199.
[4] S. Blackburn, “Verification Principle,” The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy. OUP Oxford, p. 420, Aug. 21, 2008.
[5] Britannica The Editors of Encyclopaedia., “Verifiability Principle,” Encyclopedia Britannica. Apr. 26, 2016. Accessed: Sep. 09, 2024. [Online]. Available: britannica.com/topic/verifiability-principle
[6] J. D. Hunter, Democracy and Solidarity: on the cultural roots of america’s political crisis. in Politics and culture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2024.
[7] A. MacIntyre, After Virtue. A&C Black, 2013.
[8] Crossway Bibles, Ed., ESV: study Bible: English standard version, ESV text ed. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles, 2007.
[9] H. Leitgeb and A. Carus, “Rudolf Carnap,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2024., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2024. Accessed: Sep. 09, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2024/entries/carnap/
[10] R. Carnap, The Logical Syntax of Language. Open Court Publishing, 2002.
[11] W. van Orman Quine, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism,” in Can Theories be Refuted? Essays on the Duhem-Quine Thesis, S. G. Harding, Ed., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1976, pp. 41–64. doi: 10.1007/978-94-010-1863-0_2.
[12] L. Henderson, “The Problem of Induction,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Winter 2022., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022. Accessed: Sep. 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2022/entries/induction-problem/
[13] D. Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning Into Moral Subjects, and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, vol. 1. Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878.
[14] W. Pietsch, On the Epistemology of Data Science: Conceptual Tools for a New Inductivism. Springer Nature, 2021.
[15] K. R. Popper, Conjectures and refutations: the growth of scientific knowledge, Repr. in Routledge Classics. London: Routledge, 2007.
[16] R. Carnap, “Testability and Meaning,” Philosophy of Science, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 419–471, Oct. 1936, doi: 10.1086/286432.
[17] H. Andreas, “Theoretical Terms in Science,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2021., E. N. Zalta, Ed., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2021. Accessed: Sep. 10, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2021/entriesheoretical-terms-science/
