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单词 verificationist
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verificationistadj.n.

Etymology: < verification n. + -ist suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: verifiˈcationist.
A. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or supporting verificationism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > of or relating to verificationism
verification1932
verifiability1936
verificationist1940
1940 Mind 49 456 He [sc. Eddington] is as empirically ‘verificationist’ as any Logical Positivist.
1952 R. M. Hare Lang. Morals i. 8 The so-called ‘verificationist’ theory of meaning.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Oct. 1181/5 How far such verificationist arguments are sound..depends on questions of meaning.
B. n.
An adherent or supporter of verificationism.
ΚΠ
1941 Mind 50 163 Most verificationists contend that realism is meaningless.
1956 J. O. Urmson Philos. Anal. xi. 169 If..the verificationist takes the line that the verification principle is a rule of language for the use of the word ‘meaningful’..it is a hard saying.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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