Resumen

KNABENSCHUH DE PORTA, Sabine. The Myth of Wittgenstein’s "Verificationist Phase". RF [online]. 2004, vol.22, n.48, pp.07-42. ISSN 0798-1171.

    This essay attempts to prove the incompatibility between the neopositivist verification principle and Wittgenstein’s ideas concerning the method of verification as a criterion of significance. It is shown that the Wittgensteinian concept of verification points to an ability to move in a logical space which, by virtue of its multiplicity, turns out to be pertinent for a proposition within a certain context. Thus, a "method of verification" is -according to Wittgenstein- a way of locating a path to see pertinent connections, and not a deductive strategy which is supposed to guarantee, in its last phase, a decisive contact with reality.

Palabras clave : Verification; method; logical space; multiplicity; Wittgenstein; Neopositivism.