Schlick

• What did he say about statements?

  Only statements which are empirically verifiable are meaningful.
• "The meaning of a proposition is in it's methods of verification"
• Who was it also associated with?

  Logical positivists = POST WWI group from Vienna circle- they were influenced by thinking of Ludwig Wilgenstein.
• What did he say about religious statements?

  All religious statements are meaningless because they cannot be verified using the senses. Also, pointless to talk about ethics , metaphysics and art.
• We know statements if we know the condition of whether it's true or false. If it is not possible to prove the statement true or false, it is meaningless.
• What if the first form of verifiable statements?

  Analytical= these are propositions which define meanings to a word e.g dictionary is full of analytical statements.
• What is the second form of verifiable statements?

  Synthetic= give information about reality rather than just defining our use of language e.g "It is raining today"
• What is the third form of verifiable statements?

  Mathematical - 3x4= 12