The Via negativa


	The Via negativa
	Advantages It comes the closest to meeting the challenge of the falsification principle. (e.g if we found God’s body then it would falsify the statement that God is immortal) It reminds us that language is unstable when applied to God Non-cognitive and descriptive language is acceptable Undercuts principles of cognitive meaning Designed to lead to truth and the experience of God	Disadvantages Brian Davis criticised Maimonides by saying that only stating what something is not gives no indication of what it actually is How can it be useful to simply say what something is not Can language if this negative nature be valuable Christianity is based on revelations, this approach seems to oppose this idea Even if we state that God is not something isn't that asserting something about him?
	Evaluation

It comes the closest to meeting the challenge of the falsification principle. (e.g if we found God’s body then it would falsify the statement that God is immortal)
It reminds us that language is unstable when applied to God
Non-cognitive and descriptive language is acceptable
Undercuts principles of cognitive meaning
Designed to lead to truth and the experience of God

Brian Davis criticised Maimonides by saying that only stating what something is not gives no indication of what it actually is
How can it be useful to simply say what something is not
Can language if this negative nature be valuable
Christianity is based on revelations, this approach seems to oppose this idea
Even if we state that God is not something isn't that asserting something about him?

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