Editing Logical Positivism and the Verification Principle (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
Logical Positivism is understood through '''Cleanup''' and '''Limits'''.

'''1. The "Elimination" of Nonsense (The Principle)''':
"If you can't test it, it's noise."
* (See Article 111). The **Vienna Circle** "Wanted" to "Clean Up" "Philosophy."
* They "Argued" that "Sentences" like **"God is Love"** or **"The Absolute is One"** are "Not False"—they are **"Meaningless."**
* They are "Grammatically Correct" but "Contain No Information."
* "Philosophy" should "Stop" "Making Claims" and "Start" **"Analyzing Language."**
* "Meaning" is **"Verification Method."**

'''2. The "Dual" Truth (Analytic vs. Synthetic)''':
"Logic" and "World."
* **Analytic truths** (Math/Logic) are "True" because of **"Language Rules."**
* **Synthetic truths** (Science) are "True" because of **"Physical Facts."**
* **Everything else** (Ethics/Aesthetics/Religion) is **"Emotion"** or **"Poetry."**
* This "Locked" "Knowledge" into a **"Binary System."**
* "The World" is **"Data"**; "The Mind" is **"Processing."**

'''3. The "United" Science (Physicalism)''':
"One Language" for all.
* (See Article 124). The Positivists "Aimed" to "Translate" **"Every Science"** (Psychology, Biology, History) into the **"Language of Physics."**
* They "Believed" in the **"Unity of Science"**: that "All Knowledge" is a "Single, Logical Web" of "Observations."
* This was the **"Highest Point"** of "Scientific Optimism."
* "Truth" is **"Consensus and Math."**

'''The 'Emotivist' Ethics'''': Ayer "Argued" that saying "Stealing is bad" is "Exactly the Same" as saying **"Stealing - BOO!"** with a "Particular Tone of Voice." It "Doesn't" "State a Fact"; it "Just" "Tries" to "Influence" "Behavior." It proved that "Positivism" "Destroyed" "Objective Morality."
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