Phil HL - Religious Language - Falsification Principle

Phil HL - Religious Language - Falsification Principle

1. Falsification

   • For a sentence to be meaningful, it must be able to be falsified
     • religious statements are immune to falsification therefore are meaningless
       • God moves in mysterious ways (can't be falsified)

2. RM Hare

   • Religious statements are not assertions
     • therefore not verifiable or falsifiable
       • meaningless
   • Bliks: perspectives you consider when interpreting a sentence
     • A religious person's blik:
       • many things count as evidence for God
         • a beautiful sunset
         • new life

3. extra

   • a statement must be bound by some criteria to be useful/meaningful
     • meaningless if not open to some process of falsification/verification