In contrast with those logical positivists who thought that statements of value merely express attitudes, pro or con, to objects, persons, or situations, but are neither true nor false, Lewis (1946, 396 98) thought that statements of value were as true or false as other empirical statements, and every bit as empirically verifiable or falsifiable, confirmable or disconfirmable.
That's not my subjective opinion; that's an empirically verifiable fact.
The concrete benefits of these programs, which are empirically verifiable, should trump abstract theoretical objections.
Though the voice of God may not be empirically verifiable, the fruit of the communication often is.
Such questions are philosophical and lie beyond the scope of the social sciences, which are restricted to empirically verifiable generalizations.
The concrete benefits of these programs, which are empirically verifiable, should trump abstract theoretical objections.But there aren't any "anti-paternalist" objections to making organ donation the default or featuring healthy food in cafeterias, because these ideas have nothing to do with paternalism.I mean, what could organ donation possibly have to do with paternalism?
Empirically verifiable science proves that cannabis is non-toxic and that prohibition was originally motivated by corruption, greed and prejudice.
America had officially become "a suburban nation" -- which sounded to me like one of those utterly weightless demographic truths, empirically verifiable, but without any real echo in experience.
Even those like Chomsky who are on the proto-anarchist left of this tradition like to maintain that their theories are empirically verifiable and rooted in reality.
This empirical aspect, which corresponds to the modern conception of science, can be applied only if it functions on the basis of objectifiable (empirically verifiable) entities.
"It cannot achieve empirically verifiable surprises that force scientists to make substantial revisions in their basic description of reality," he writes.
