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VERIFICATIONISM

Not a chronological account of verificationist philosophies, Misak’s

book nevertheless draws on a wide range of historical and

contemporary sources to advance an argument for a position difficult

to label in a non-misleading way. She calls her position ‘moderate

verificationism’ but also presents it as a development of Peircean

pragmatism. Crucial to this view is a broader concept of experience

and a broader account of what it is to understand a sentence than are

found in earlier forms of verificationism. I would urge those

discouraged by the current state of Anglo-American philosophy to give

Misak a hearing. In her hands philosophy is flourishing.

Peter H.Hare

State University of New York at Buffalo

Verificationism is a survey of the precursors, the main proponents

and the rehabilitators of one of the most influential concepts in

philosophy and scientific methodology between the 1930s and the

1960s. In line with the resurgence of interest in logical positivism

amongst philosophers of science, Verificationism assesses the more

flexible ideas of verification which are now being put forward.

As the most comprehensive survey of verificationism, this book will

be important for researchers and lecturers in the fields of philosophy

of science and empiricism. It will also be of interest to those working

in general epistemology and in moral philosophy.

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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VERIFICATIONISM

Its History and Prospects

C.J.Misak

London and New York

First published 1995

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

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