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Single Idea 5186

[from 'Language,Truth and Logic' by A.J. Ayer, in 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification ]

Full Idea

Tautologies and empirical hypotheses form the entire class of significant propositions.

Gist of Idea

Tautologies and empirical hypotheses form the entire class of significant propositions

Source

A.J. Ayer (Language,Truth and Logic [1936], Ch.1)

Book Reference

Ayer,A.J.: 'Language, Truth and Logic' [Penguin 1974], p.56


A Reaction

This appears to be false. Possibly the problem is that Ayer takes the whole proposition to be the unit of meaning, but actually meaninfulness only requires that we build up a claim about a possible world from semantic units. Blue bees live on square suns.