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1、PHILOSOPHERSANDHUMANUNDERSTANDINGcorrect,butcontainsadeeplesson,andnotjustalessonaboutlogicalpositivism.PhilosophersandhumanunderstandingThepointIamgoingtodevelopwilldependonthefollowingobservation:theformsof'verification'allowedbythelogicalpositivistsareforms
2、whichhavebeeninstitutionalizedbymodernsociety.Whatcanbe'verified'inthepositivistsensecanbeverifiedtobecorrect(inanon-philosophicalorpre-philosophicalsenseof'correct'),ortobeprobablycorrect,ortobehighlysuccessfulIfindmyselfinthepositionthatJeromeBruner(1976)fou
3、ndhimselfscience,asthecasemaybe;andthepublicrecognitionoftheinafewyearsbeforeme.IagreedtogiveaHerbertSpencerlecture;correctness,ortheprobablecorrectness,orthe'highlysuccessfulIplannedtogivealectureonthetopicofscientificexplanation;Iscientifictheory'status,exem
4、plifies,celebrates,andreinforcesintendedtodiscussaparticularcontroversyinthatfield,thecon-imagesofknowledgeandnormsofreasonablenessmaintainedbythetroversyaboutwhetherscientifictheoriesare'incommensurable',culture.aboutwhetherthereisany'convergence'inscientific
5、knowledge;butTheoriginalpositivistparadigmofverificationwasnotthispubliclyIfeltincreasingdissatisfactionwiththisentireideaasthedayinstitutionalizedone,itistrue.InCarnap'sLogischeAufbauderWeltapproached.Bruner'sdissatisfactionledhimtosomereflections(TheLogicalC
6、onstructionoftheWorld)verificationwasultimatelyaboutthehistoryandpresentstateofpsychology.Iintendtofollowprivate,basedonsensationswhosesubjectivequalityor'content'hisexampleandruminateontheactivityitself,theactivityofwassaidtobe'incommunicable'.But,undertheurg
7、ingsofNeurath,philosophyofscience,inmyowncase,andoncertaindissatisfactionsCarnapsoonshiftedtoamorepublic,more'inter-subjective',Ifeelwiththewaythatactivityhasbeenpursued,ratherthandiscussconceptionofverification.aparticularissuewithinit.However,theparticularis
8、sueImentionedPopperhasstressedtheideathatscientificpredictionsarecon-willcomeupinthecourseoftheseruminations.frontedwith'basicsentences',sentencessuchas'therightpanofthebalanceisdo
