20th Century Religious Language

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1. What parable did Hick use to explain eschatological verification?

  • Parable of Soul-Making
  • Parable of the Black Swan
  • Parable of the Celestial City
  • Parable of the Verified Soul
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2. Complete the quote from Ayer: ‘For we shall maintain that no statement which refers to a ‘reality’ transcending the limits of all possible sense-experience can possibly have any literal significance; from which must follow the labours of those who have st

  • production of nonsense.'
  • understanding of the unknown.'
  • advancement of human understanding.'
  • production of valuable knowledge.'

3. What is meant by a blik?

  • Unfalsifiable beliefs according to which a worldview is established – which are meaningful.
  • Falsifiable beliefs according to which a worldview is established – which are not necessarily meaningless.
  • Unfalsifiable beliefs according to which a worldview is established – which are not necessarily meaningless.
  • Unfalsifiable beliefs according to which a worldview is established – which are meaningless.

4. Who said: ‘Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent’

  • A.J. Ayer
  • Auguste Comte
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Moritz Schlick

5. Who argued that religious statements suffer death by a thousand qualifications?

  • Basil Mitchell
  • Karl Popper
  • Antony Flew
  • R.M. Hare

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