3 Responses to How Important is Verifiability?

1. davidbdale says:

   February 24, 2014 at 9:35 PM

   Are ya sure?

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   • simstilley says:

     February 24, 2014 at 11:24 PM

     I’m not sure that you could verify that happiness is selfish and that people should try to live meaningful lives instead. However, it is a claim that could be argued

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     • davidbdale says:

       February 25, 2014 at 6:10 AM

       These psychological topics do pose serious verification problems, but so do most theses that investigate the formation of opinions or to analyze the reasons for our actions. As your reply above suggests, the claim can be argued. The reason you’re concerned, and the reason I raised the trouble in the first place, is that it burdens the author (in this case, you) to be as precise and clear as possible. The conclusions will always be suspect, but the claims cannot be both questionable and unclear.

       (I added a title and your name to this post, Simone, since it was virtually impossible to track without hooks.)

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