English Explanatory Dictionary

verifiability principle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The principle, especially in 20th-century empiricism, that a statement has meaning if, and only if, either it can be verified by means of empirical observations or it is logically true by definition.

Word forms

verifiability principle

Etymology

Coined by the philosopher Alfred Jules Ayer c. 1936.

Synonyms

criterion of verifiability criterion of verification principle of verifiability principle of verification verifiability criterion verification criterion verification principle

Related words

Newton's flaming laser sword logical positivism verificationism
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