Evaluating The Verification Principle

Question 1

give some strengths of the verification principle

Answer 1

follows the scientific method

highlights exactly what we know to be true

Question 2

how does the verification prove itself wrong

Answer 2

it is self refuting, you cannot empirically test the principle itself

Question 3

why is the verification principle’s heavy reliance on empiricism one of its major drawbacks?

Answer 3

leaves us with very little language

unverifiable statements, i.e. water boils at 100 degrees C cannot be verified - Swinburne