The falsification principle
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- The falsification principle
- An inherent ability to present conditions in which a statement, hypothesis or theory can be proved false.
- Karl Popper
- Statements are scientific if our empirical experiences could potentially falsify them.
- Any theory that is impossible to prove is no valid theory at all.
- That which cannot be disproved is meaningless.
- Anthony Flew
- Applied to religious language
- Religious language can't be falsified, tf meaningless.
- When we say something is true, we're also denying the opposite.
- "Tigers have stripes"= "tigers do not, not have stripes"
- When you assert something, you are also asserting that there are facts that may count against your assertion.
- John Wisdom- parable of the invisible gardener
- Theists shift the goal post= "death by a thousand qualifications"
- When you assert something, you are also asserting that there are facts that may count against your assertion.
- Theists shift the goal post= "death by a thousand qualifications"
- R.M Hare
- Blik's theory
- Parable of the lunatic
- A particular view may not be influenced by empirical evidence- may not be based on reason or fact.
- Either have a sane (right) blik or a wrong (insane) blik.
- Parable of the lunatic
- Blik's theory
- John Hick
- Religious beliefs based on reason. E.g. religious experience
- If blik's are unverifiable we can't call them sane or insane. Therefore, inconsistency
- Basil Mitchell
- Parable of the Partisian
- R.M Hare
- Blik's theory
- Parable of the lunatic
- A particular view may not be influenced by empirical evidence- may not be based on reason or fact.
- Either have a sane (right) blik or a wrong (insane) blik.
- Parable of the lunatic
- Blik's theory
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