Religious language A2 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesPhilosophyA2/A-levelAll boards Created by: Birdy234Created on: 30-12-17 09:24 The act of ascribing human language to God. Anthropomorphism 1 of 13 Statements that can be proved true of false on evidence. Cognitive 2 of 13 Statements that are based on feelings, values or emotions. Non cognitive. 3 of 13 We should talk about what God is not The Via Negativa 4 of 13 A group of Philosophers in the 1920s The Vienna Circle 5 of 13 Designers of the weak verification principle. Logical Positivists 6 of 13 "Religious believers refuse the possibility that their statements could be falsified, so they are meaningless" The Falsification Principle 7 of 13 "These religious statements should be treated as non-cognitive, and so not as falsifiable" Richard Swinburn 8 of 13 We can't prove life after death on this side of it, so it is meaningless. Eschatological Verification 9 of 13 Religious Statements are not literal facts, they are ________ Symbolic 10 of 13 "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent" Wittgenstein 11 of 13 "You Cannot play chess while your opponent is playing checkers" Language Games 12 of 13 "Religious statements can only be judged by those who accept the rules" Phillips 13 of 13
To what extent do language games provide a suitable way of resolving the problems of religious language? 0.0 / 5
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