British philosopher who brought logical empiricism to English audiences in Language, Truth and Logic and developed emotivism — moral statements express emotions rather than stating facts.
Verificationism in English: a statement is meaningful only if it is analytically true or empirically verifiable — all metaphysics and theology are literally meaningless. Emotivism: moral statements are not truth-apt but express and evoke emotional attitudes (boo/hurray theory).
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