03 Weak Verification Principle

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• A philosopher who is, arguably, the most famous advocate of the verification principle.

1. Language, Truth and Logic

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   • AJ Ayer's most famous book, in which he demonstrates his own ("weak") proposal of the Verification Principle.

1. Weak: Verification in practice and principle
2. Strong: tautology and empirical evidence now

1. eschatological verifcation

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   • According to John Hick, religious statements are verifiable in principle. When one gets to Heaven.
2. Something one can't be sure of is not meaningless

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   • Richard Swinburne argued that just because one cannot verify whether a specific statement is true or not, does not mean it isn't meaningful
3. contradicting verification principle

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   • Some thinkers believe that the Verification Principle is contradicting itself, as the principle cannot be verified analytically and synthetically meaningful.