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Ordinary Language Philosophy

In Our Time: Philosophy

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The Three Generational Thing, and Then Comes Nelamse

Julia tanny: logical positivists started by loving the distinction between sense and nonsense. They wanted to get rid of statements that were metaphysical or mystical, she says. So they used formal logic as a tool in which to constrain what would count as meaningful - including their famous principle of verifiability,. Julia Tanny: There's an intermingling and overlapping going on between those involved.

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