20th Century Religious Language 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesPhilosophyA2/A-levelOCR Created by: MPlattHGSCreated on: 18-11-22 15:40 What is meant by cognitive language? Factual statements, proved true or false by empirical evidence. 1 of 26 What is meant by non-cognitive language? Statements that cannot be proved true or false. Expresses things we could never know and often includes feelings and values. 2 of 26 Who led the Vienna Circle? Moritz Schlick 3 of 26 Who argued that we were entering a new phase of ‘positivism’ after going through the ‘theological’ and ‘metaphysical’ phase. Auguste Comte 4 of 26 Who wrote Language, Truth and Logic? A.J. Ayer 5 of 26 Who said: ‘Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent’ Ludwig Wittgenstein 6 of 26 What two criteria did Ayer outline for a statement to be meaningful? Tautologous or Empirically Verifiable 7 of 26 What is the title of the essay in which Ayer argues that religious language is meaningless? God talk is evidently nonsense 8 of 26 What is meant by verifiability in practice? Statements which could be tested in reality. 9 of 26 What is meant by verifiability in principle? Statements which we cannot verify in practice, but know what observations would lead it to be true. 10 of 26 Who wrote a reply to Ayer titled: ‘God-talk is Not Evidently Nonsense’ Richard Swinburne 11 of 26 What statement did Swinburne use to show the limits of the verification principle? All ravens are black 12 of 26 What parable did Hick use to explain eschatological verification? Parable of the Celestial City 13 of 26 Who said: 'Don't ask for the meaning as for the use.' Ludwig Wittgenstien 14 of 26 What does the term Lebensform mean? Form of Life 15 of 26 Wittgenstein saw religious language as... Non-Cognitive 16 of 26 Wittgenstein claimed all language was essentially... Groundless 17 of 26 Who argued that religious statements suffer death by a thousand qualifications? Antony Flew 18 of 26 Flew argued religious statements are ultimately... Vacuous 19 of 26 What parable did Flew use to illustrate his ideas? The Parable of the Gardener 20 of 26 What parable did Hare use to illustrate his ideas? The Lunatic and the University Dons 21 of 26 What parable did Mitchell use to illustrate his ideas? The Partisan 22 of 26 Who argued that religious statements were expressions of a blik? R.M. Hare 23 of 26 R.M. Hare concluded that religious language was... Non-Cognitive 24 of 26 What is meant by a blik? Unfalsifiable beliefs according to which a worldview is established – which are not necessarily meaningless. 25 of 26 Mitchell ultimately concludes... Religious language is meaningful but statements are made using ambiguous evidence. 26 of 26
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