Unverifiability-by-Me
https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2025-10-3-117-123
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Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of the notions of ‘verifiability-in-principle’ and ‘(un)verifiability-by- me’. Based on the distinction between logical and causal possibility, it is shown that the pronoun ‘I’ is not a demonstrative symbol lacking any descriptive elements. This means that proposition about causally inaccessible to me but logically possible experiences are meaningful. Thus, the verifiability-principle can contain no reference to me and my experiences.
About the Authors
G. Ryle
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Oxford
V. V. Ogleznev
National Research Tomsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ogleznev Vitaly Vasilyevich, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor of the History of Philosophy and Logic Department; Leading Researcher, Gorno-Altaisk State University
AuthorID (RSCI): 539601
AuthorID (SCOPUS): 56307954100
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Tomsk
Gorno-Altaisk
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For citations:
Ryle G., Ogleznev V.V. Unverifiability-by-Me. Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity. 2025;10(3):117-123. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2025-10-3-117-123. EDN: XDIIJQ
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