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Suppose A.J. Ayer is right that only verifiable statements have meaning. What are the implications of this view for society? What would this mean for education, for example, or for politics? (Hint: education and politics depend on a certain set of values and ideas about truth; would these values and truth claims stand up to Ayer’s test for truth?)
Two page response , Original material, no outside sources but what is given.
