Verification Theory of Meaning and the Concept of Time and Space: Implications for Einstein Relativity Theory

Autor:	Jerome P. Mbat, Emmanuel Iniobong Archibong
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Observer (quantum physics) Spacetime Metaphysics Epistemology law.invention Private language Meaning (philosophy of language) symbols.namesake Theory of relativity law symbols CLARITY Einstein Psychology Social psychology
Zdroj:	English Linguistics Research. 2
ISSN:	1927-6036 1927-6028
DOI:	10.5430/elr.v2n1p14
Popis:	The verifiability theory of meaning was introduced to delineate scientific statements from metaphysical ones via language. The project was intended to make for clarity of meaning of words especially as it is held that most statements we make are useless, meaningless and out of context. This work attempts to show, by way of analysis, that applying this theory to the concept of time and space in Einstein theory of relativity, reveals that even though the verifiability criterion for truth and meaning is founded upon observational statements, it creates more confusion than proffer solution to our general understanding of time and space by reducing it to a subjective private language affair relative to an observer.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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