Editing Logical Positivism and the Verification Principle (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Verification Test' (Classifying 'Statement Meaning'):'''
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def test_meaning(statement):
    """
    Shows the 'Harsh Filter' of Logical Positivism.
    """
    if "is" in statement and "definition" in statement:
        return "RESULT: ANALYTIC (Meaningful). (Logic/Math)."
    elif "test" in statement or "observe" in statement:
        return "RESULT: SYNTHETIC (Meaningful). (Science)."
    else:
        return "RESULT: PSEUDO-STATEMENT (Meaningless). (Metaphysics/Poetry/Ethics)."

# Case: 'The soul is immortal'
print(test_meaning("The soul is immortal"))
# Case: 'Water boils at 100C'
print(test_meaning("Observation: Water boils at 100C"))
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; Positivist Landmarks
: '''The 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' ''' → (See Article 673). Wittgenstein’s "Early Book" that the Vienna Circle "Used" as their "Bible" (though he 'disagreed' with them later).
: '''The 'Language of Science' ''' → (Rudolf Carnap). The "Project" of "Building" a "Perfectly Clear" "Logical Language" to "Replace" "Messy" "Human Speech."
: '''The 'Problem of Induction' ''' → (See Article 119). The "Logical Hole" in Positivism: "How" can we "Verify" a "General Law" (e.g. 'All crows are black') if we "Cannot" "Observe" "Every Crow"?
: '''The 'Suicide' of the Principle''' → The "Realization" that the **Verification Principle** "Itself" **"Cannot be Verified"**! (It's not 'Analytic' and not 'Synthetic'). It "Destroyed" the movement from "Inside."
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