Religious Language

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1. Which of the following criticisms on the weak verification principle did Richard Swinburne put forward?

  • Eschatological verification - talk of God might be verifiable in principle, there's no evidence now but there may be in the future
  • There are propositions that no one knows how to verify but are still not meaningless - "Toys come out of their cupboards at night."
  • The principle contradicts itself - the verification principle can't verify the verification principle
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2. Who thought religious language could only be meaningful if it was falsifiable?

  • John Hick
  • Antony Flew
  • A J Ayer
  • R M Hare

3. "Qualities we ascribe to each other are reflections of the qualities of God." Which of Aquinas' analogies is this?

  • Analogy of Attribution
  • Analogy of Proportion
  • Analogy of Proper Proportion

4. The weak verification principle is:

  • A statements is meaningful if more than one person agrees on it
  • A statements is meaningful if if makes logical sense
  • A statements is meaningful if we can show how it might be verified or it is shown to be probable by observation
  • A statements is meaningful if it is verifiable by an actual experience or tautology

5. When we talk about God using the Via Negativa we are...

  • Saying negative things about God
  • Saying what God is not
  • Saying what about God is bad
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