Please write a short essay on this topic.
@Explain clearly the final version of Hempel's empiricist criterion of meaning. Some critics have suggested that the criterion is self-defeating because it is neither empirical nor logical. Explain Hempel's response carefully. In particular, explain the two respects in which the criterion is supposed to be adequate.@
The aim of this exercise is to write as clearly and as succintly as possible. So avoid writing a long essay (e.g. over 5 pages). However, the essay should still provide sufficient background to enable someone who is not too familiar with the topic to arrive at an adequate understanding of the issues. I expect you to have an essay plan, and rewrite most passages (more than once) until you end up with the best possible version you can come up with.
Deadline: 10 March 2006.