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[from 'Intro to Contemporary Epistemology' by Jonathan Dancy, in 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification ]

Full Idea

Verificationism (the 'verification principle') is an earlier form of anti-realism.

Gist of Idea

Verificationism (the 'verification principle') is an earlier form of anti-realism

Source

Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 1.note)

Book Reference

Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.22


A Reaction

If the one true God announced that there is a real world out there, I might take that as a verification of the fact.