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6. Who originally formed the verification principle?
- logical positivists, the Vienna Circle
- A.J. Ayer
7. What is Aquinas's analogy of proportion?
- God is proportionately greater than all beings on earth
- God causes our attributes like a good baker produces good bread
- All things are bigger or smaller than each other
8. What is the verification principle?
- a statement that cannot be verified must be meaningless
- if a statement can be proven false it is meaningful
9. What parable did Flew use to illustrate the falsification principle?
- Parable of the Partisan and the Stranger
- Parable of the Gardener
- Parable of the Lunatic
10. What did Bultman mean by 'kerygma'
- the true message or meaning
- the secrets of the Bible
- true facts
11. What is cognitive language?
- coveys facts and knowledge; can be proven true or false
- things that are non-factual e.g. emotions
12. What could a statement be to be possibly verifiable using the STRONG verification principle?
- analytic (including mathematical), synthetic and true by confirmation of the senses.
- mathematical and historical
- analytic but not synthetic
13. Who agreed with Aquinas?
- Ian Ramsey (qualifiers)
- Stanislaw Lem (Solaris)