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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 06 August 2008 03:49:03AM 1 point [-]

The classic objection to logical positivism is that it is incoherent: If statements which are not testable are meaningless, then the statement "Statements which are not testable are meaningless" is meaningless. For those of you defending logical positivism of any sort, how do you deal with this criticism? Is there even a way to test the central tenet of logical positivism in principle?