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by GoblinSlayer 291 days ago
>Logical positivism is flawed because the principle of verification cannot be verified.

Why not? It works, thus it verifies itself.

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So do an infinite number of sets of statements which include a false one. Circular arguments are obviously not reliable.
That's a hypothesis of a counterexample, though, not a fact of a counterexample.
It's not working if it excludes subjective experience by definition. Makes it useless for the consciousness debate.
It doesn't exclude subjective experience.