Friday, November 10, 2006
Friedrich Waismann, "Verifiability"
No set of observation sentences entails a material object sentence. This is partly due to the "open texture" of material object sentences: rules for their application are not bounded on all sides, but are porous, leaving some applications open, not yet decided.
Labels:
contextualism,
empiricism,
open texture,
vagueness,
verification,
Waismann
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