意义与事实——对逻辑经验主义意义理论的质疑

Meaning and Facts——Doubts on Positivism's Theory of Meaning

卡尔纳普和石里克从不同角度表述了同样的意义理论,即句子的意义就是它的证实条件。逻辑经验主义的意义理论完全依赖于它的证实原则,但证实本身却不是没有问题的。通过揭示逻辑经验主义意义理论中的矛盾,我们能发现证实原则的局限。

Carnap and Schlick presented one meaning theory in different perspectives. They both agree that the meaning of a proposition is the method of its verification. Positivism＇s meaning theory totally depends on its principle of verification which however is far away to be infallible. By illustrating the contradiction in Positivism＇s meaning theory, we are to find its defects.