The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods by Baggini Julian & Fosl Peter S

Author:Baggini, Julian & Fosl, Peter S. [Baggini, Julian]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

Relation of the two principles

Verification and falsification are not two sides of one coin. Verificationists like Ayer wanted their principle to apply to all philosophy, indeed all discourse, whereas Popper saw falsification as a method distinctive to science. But what verification and falsification have in common is the idea that a proposition has somehow to be testable to be part of a good theory. Whether that test must be able to verify or falsify the proposition – or perhaps both – is a matter of dispute, but in any case the core requirement remains the broader one that good theories be testable.

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