Proposition that is only factually or descriptively or cognitively meaningful if it is able to be verified empirically
Strong verification
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All religious statements are verifiable in principle – when we die, we will know that they are true
Eschatological verification
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To prove something false
Falsification
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Developed Antony Flew's idea that a statement may be verifiable if it is known what empirical evidence would prove it to be false. He applied this idea to religious language.
Karl Popper
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How Ogden and Richards show that words mean different things to different people in different situations.
Semantic Triangle
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Language that has one meaning, no matter what context, i.e. pineapple
Univocal
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Language that has two meanings depending on the context. I.e. Time
Equivocal
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Created the parable of the gardener
John Wisdom
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Aquinas' analogy where Gods characteristics are reflected in the world, such as loving
Attribution
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Referring to God without describing him
Metaphor
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Who said: Written language is even further removed from ‘reality’
Plato
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Describing God by saying what he is not
Via Negativa
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Who said : Defines God as our “ultimate concern”, “Being itself” and the “ground of our being”
Tillich
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Who said : Demythologise the accounts to get to their true meaning, the “kernel of truth”
Bultmann
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Who said : “Don’t ask for the meaning, ask for the use”
Wittgenstien
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Card 2
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All religious statements are verifiable in principle – when we die, we will know that they are true
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Eschatological verification
Card 3
Front
To prove something false
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Card 4
Front
Developed Antony Flew's idea that a statement may be verifiable if it is known what empirical evidence would prove it to be false. He applied this idea to religious language.
Back
Card 5
Front
How Ogden and Richards show that words mean different things to different people in different situations.
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