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Liam Bright on Verificationism

Philosophy Bites

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The Philosopher's Attack on Verificationism

The second philosopher we should talk about is quine, who visited the vienna circle for a few months. And he really launched what he considered, many considered to be a mortal blow against a circle by claiming that something the circle took for granted was not as easy to draw as the circle believed. He thought there's no real sense in which it is like some clear way i am confirming or disconfirming it through experience. Anything be defended or not defended in light of the right kind of adjustments to our total theory of everything. That was popa.

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