What did the Vienna circle believe about statements being meaningful?
They must be able to be empirically tested to be classified as meaningful
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What distinguishes Ayer from the Vienna Circle?
His verification in principle
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What does verification in principle mean?
Something is not required to be verified conclusively but we need to say how we would verify it.
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What did Hick put forward to support the verification principle?
Eschatological verification- meaning that at the end of things we will be able to verify God
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Who devised the falsification theory?
Karl Popper
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Who applied the falsification theory to religious language?
Flew
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How did Flew apply this to religious language?
He used the parable of the invisible gardener which concluded that religious language is meaningless as is suffers 'the death of a thousand qualifications'
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Who used the parable of the lunatic to convey that religious language is meaningful to individuals?
R.M Hare
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What are bliks?
The term was devised by Hare to mean a basic unfalsifiable belief
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What does Mitchell's parable of the freedom fighter emphasise about religious language?
Religious language is meaningless but there is a genuine role for faith
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Toys in the cupboard come alive at night was devised by whom?
Swinburne
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Who said 'philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday'?
Wittgenstein
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What does Wittgenstein mean by language games?
Language is like playing a game with rules. Not everyone will understand language, as meanings are not fixed but different within different games. For example a 'bishop' is different for people in the church and chess players.
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How can language games be applied to religious language?
Religious language is a language game. We cannot say a statement is true in a literal sense but it may fit with a christian interpretation of the world.
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Is religious language meanigful although it is non cognitive?
For Wittgenstein it is meaningful for the individual despite the fact they are non cognitive?
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What distinguishes Ayer from the Vienna Circle?
Back
His verification in principle
Card 3
Front
What does verification in principle mean?
Back
Card 4
Front
What did Hick put forward to support the verification principle?
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