Religious Language - Key Words

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Ascribing human language to God
Anthropomorphism
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The same meaning in every context
Univocal
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Different meaning in different contexts
Equivocal
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Proved by empirical evidence. Facts and figures.
Cognitive
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Cannot be proven by evidence. Based on feelings and emotions.
Non-Cognitive
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Talk about what God is not instead.
Via-Negativa
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1920s Philosopher group. Ayer's Honeymoon.
Vienna Circle
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What is and what isn't meaningful. They made the Verification principle.
Logical Positivists
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The "O" in the verification principle
Observation
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The "E" in the verification principle
Experience
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The "T" in the verification principle
Tautology
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Analytic statements are the same as____
Cognitive
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Synthetic statements are the same as____
Non-cognitive
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What says we can't prove life after death on this side of it?
Eschatological Verification
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Religious language is just _____ like a sign
Symbolic
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"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent"
Language games
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The same meaning in every context

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Univocal

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Different meaning in different contexts

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Card 4

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Proved by empirical evidence. Facts and figures.

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Card 5

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Cannot be proven by evidence. Based on feelings and emotions.

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