Verificationism is the first comprehensive history of a concept that dominated philosophy and scientific methodology between the 1930s and 1960s,surveying the precursors,the main proponents and the rehabilitators. Series: Philosophical Issues in Science. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386. . 1995. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Verificationism: Its History and Prospects (Philosophical Issues in Science)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415125979
ISBN 13: 9780415125970
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Verificationism is the first comprehensive history of a concept that dominated philosophy and scientific methodology between the 1930s and the 1960s. The verificationist principle - the concept that a belief with no connection to experience is spurious - is the most sophisticated version of empiricism. More flexible ideas of verification are now being rehabilitated by a number of philosophers.
C.J. Misak surveys the precursors, the main proponents and the rehabilitators. Unlike traditional studies, she follows verificationist theory beyond the demise of positivism to examine its reappearance in the work of modern philosophers. Most interestingly, she argues that despite feminism's strenuous opposition to positivism, verificationist thought is at the heart of much of contemporary feminist philosophy.
Verificationism is an excellent assessment of a major and influential system of thought.

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C. J.Misak is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto; she is the author of Truth and the End of Inquiry.

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