Philosophy of Religion A2 - Religious Language

Key terms and philosophers relating to A2 religious language!

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Religious Language

Univocal

Equivocal

Cognitive

Non-cognitive

Logical positivism

Vienna circle

Verification principle

Tautology

Metaphysics

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Metaphysics

Eschatology

Falsification principle

Blik

Gnostic

Analogy

Anthropomorphism

Signs

Symbol

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Religious Language continued...

Fideism

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

D.Z. Phillips (1934-2006)

Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976)

Paul Tillich (1886-1965)

John Hick (1922-)

Baron Von Hugel

Brian Davies (1951-)

St. Thomas Aquinas (1224-74)

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Moses Maimonides (1135-1204)

Pseudo-Dionysius

Plotinus (c.205-270)

Basil Mitchell (1917-)

Duns Scotus (1266-1308)

R.M. Hare (1919-2002)

Anthony Flew (1923-)

Karl Popper (1902-94)

A. J. Ayer (1910-89)

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Religious Langage continued...

Richard Swinburne (1934-)

David Hume (1711-76)

John Locke (1632-1704)

Moritz Schlick (1882-1936)

Otto Neurath (1882-1945)

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Religious Experience

Mystical experience

Numinous experience

Corporate experience

Visions

Voices

Conversion Experience

Miracle

Ineffable

Noetic

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Religious Experience continued...

Empiricism

Pluralism

Pragmatism

Convert

Revelation

General revelation

Special revelation

Propositional revelation

Non-propositional revelation

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Religious Experience continued...

Toronto Blessing

Principle of credulity

Principle of testimony

Noumena

William James (1842-1910)

Rudolf Otto (1869-1937)

Isaiah

Blaise Pascal (1623-62)

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

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Religious Experience continued...

Martin Buber (1878-1965)

Muhammad

St. Teresa of Avila (1515-82)

St. Augustine

Edwin Starbuck (1866-1947)

Richard Swinburne (1934-)

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-72)

Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834)

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Religious Experience continued...

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

William Alston (1921-)

C.D Broad (1887-1971)

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