Explore Verificationism through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Verificationism in a sentence
Verificationism meaning
Belief in the verifiability principle.
Using Verificationism
- The main meaning on this page is: Belief in the verifiability principle.
Context around Verificationism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Verificationism
- In this selection, "verificationism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include alternative to verificationism it is and in verificationism only the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "verificationism" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with verificationism
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Hempel came to acknowledge that Logical Positivism's verificationism was untenable, but argued that falsificationism was equally untenable on logical grounds alone. (22 words)
In verificationism, only the verifiable was scientific, and thus meaningful (or cognitively meaningful), whereas the unverifiable, being unscientific, was meaningless "pseudostatements" (just emotively meaningful). (24 words)
Popper's own falsificationism, thus, is not only an alternative to verificationism, it is also an acknowledgement of the conceptual distinction that previous theories had ignored. (26 words)
Popper's own falsificationism, thus, is not only an alternative to verificationism, it is also an acknowledgement of the conceptual distinction that previous theories had ignored. (26 words)
In verificationism, only the verifiable was scientific, and thus meaningful (or cognitively meaningful), whereas the unverifiable, being unscientific, was meaningless "pseudostatements" (just emotively meaningful). (24 words)
Hempel came to acknowledge that Logical Positivism's verificationism was untenable, but argued that falsificationism was equally untenable on logical grounds alone. (22 words)
Example sentences (3)
Hempel came to acknowledge that Logical Positivism's verificationism was untenable, but argued that falsificationism was equally untenable on logical grounds alone.
In verificationism, only the verifiable was scientific, and thus meaningful (or cognitively meaningful), whereas the unverifiable, being unscientific, was meaningless "pseudostatements" (just emotively meaningful).
Popper's own falsificationism, thus, is not only an alternative to verificationism, it is also an acknowledgement of the conceptual distinction that previous theories had ignored.