Meaningless statement 🧠
The proposition “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” fits the classical logical positivist category of a truly “meaningless” statement. That is because nobody can imagine a way of observing a colorless green idea, or even of its sleeping habits.
References
- Wilson, A., Robert (1986). The New Inquisition Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science Chapter 2 Skepticism and Blind Faith (Page 74 · Location 1456). Grand Junction, Colorado: Hilaritas Press
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