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    It is not the case that Verificationism is not a neutral methodological tool but a substantive metaphysical thesis about what kinds of entities can meaningfully exist, as Quine argues in 'Two Dogmas.'

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    • 1.Verificationism can be interpreted as a semantic thesis about meaning rather than metaphysical thesis about what exists.
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    • 2.Distinguishing between metaphysical and methodological claims is itself contentious; the charge conflates different logical categories.
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    • 3.Quine's holism equally presupposes empirical adequacy as a criterion, so his critique does not escape the charge he levels.
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    • 1.Verificationism privilegizes empirically confirmable statements, thereby ontologically excluding unobservable entities like abstract objects or unobservable properties.
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    • 2.Any criterion for meaningful discourse inherently commits one to claims about which entities can exist or be meaningfully referenced.
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    • 3.Quine showed verificationism's analytic-synthetic distinction depends on undefended metaphysical assumptions about meaning and identity conditions.
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