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en-wikipedia-org-5226		Verificationism - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2954	328	44	Such statements may be meaningful in influencing emotions or behavior, but not in terms of conveying truth value, information or factual content.[1] Verificationism was a central thesis of logical positivism, a movement in analytic philosophy that emerged in the 1920s by the efforts of a group of philosophers who sought to unify philosophy and science under a common naturalistic theory of knowledge. Although Karl Popper's falsificationism has been widely criticized by philosophers,[19] Popper has been the only philosopher of science often praised by many scientists.[12] Verificationists, in contrast, have been likened to economists of the 19th century who took circuitous, protracted measures to refuse refutation of their preconceived principles.[20] Still, logical positivists practiced Popper's principles—conjecturing and refuting—until they ran their course, catapulting Popper, initially a contentious misfit, to carry the richest philosophy out of interwar Vienna.[11] And his falsificationism, as did verificationism, poses a criterion, falsifiability, to ensure that empiricism anchors scientific theory.[2]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5226.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5226.txt