Rudolf Carnap espoused an alternative to it known as the adjudication criterion, which is by definition not applicable to tautologies.
Rudolf Carnap espoused an alternative to it known as the adjudication criterion, which is by definition not applicable to tautologies. In Language, Truth, and Logic, AJ Ayer suggested that any metaphysical statement is meaningless because it is not subject to this principle, for which he distinguished between the strong and weak versions. Finally shown to be supplanted by a new principle in the Logic of Scientific Discovery, FTP, name this doctrine espoused by Logical Positivists and eclipsed by Karl Popper's formulation of falsifiability.
Rudolf Carnap espoused an alternative to it known as the adjudication criterion, which is by definition not applicable to tautologies.
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