Religious Language

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What is cognitive language?
coveys facts and knowledge; can be proven true or false
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What is univocal language?
words that have the same meaning in all contexts
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What is the verification principle?
a statement that cannot be verified must be meaningless
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Who originally formed the verification principle?
logical positivists, the Vienna Circle
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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.
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What parable did Flew use to illustrate the falsification principle?
Parable of the Gardener
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What is via negativa/ the apophatic way?
describing God in terms of what he is not
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What is Aquinas's analogy of proportion?
God is proportionately greater than all beings on earth
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Who agreed with Aquinas?
Ian Ramsey (qualifiers)
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Did Tillich think symbols are different from signs?
yes - signs do not participate in what they signalise
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What did Bultman mean by 'kerygma'
the true message or meaning
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Why did Wittgenstein compare language to games?
there are rules that need to be followed and it cannot be understood if you do not know the rules
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What did D.Z. Phillips argue?
religious statements are expressions of belief
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