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Question 1 of 15

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Why would the vienna circle argue that religious language is meaningless

Select one of the following:

  • There is no way to prove it

  • Not everyone can take part

  • Different religions will have their own kind of anguage

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Question 2 of 15

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Cognitivism claims what about religous statements

Select one of the following:

  • they can be true or false, statements express propositions and religous language makes claims about the world

  • all language has meaning

  • all language is an expression of emotion

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Question 3 of 15

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what is an analytical statement

Select one of the following:

  • a sentence which is true by definition

  • a sentence which is true through verification

  • a sentence which is untrue

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Question 4 of 15

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what type of statement would this be mr miles has six car

Select one of the following:

  • synthetic

  • analytical

  • meaningless

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Question 5 of 15

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AJ ayer believed that there was strong verification which was verified in practice and verified in theory which requires no evidence.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 6 of 15

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Which of these is an advantage for the verification principle

Select one or more of the following:

  • It is not just an argument against God as according to the theory atheists and agnostics

  • Aj Ayer stated that weak verification principle

  • Scientific laws become meaningless

  • Some religous statements might be verifiable in principle, such as biblical events

  • Swinburne argued universal statements cannot be verified so meaningless yet we would agree '

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Question 7 of 15

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What did Richard Swinburne argue

Select one of the following:

  • Any language is meaningful

  • all universal statements can't be verified

  • all language is meaningless as it is just opinion

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Question 8 of 15

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AJ Ayers version of the verification principle was considered an improvement over the Vienna circle due to the fact that he claimed that we can actually verify through a limited amount of evidence and do not need a physical observation

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

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Hick claimed that in fact religious statements are not meaningless due to what reason

Select one of the following:

  • It is entierly subjective

  • there is no way to verify athiesim

  • these statements could be verified in the after life

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Question 10 of 15

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Why did flew object to religous language

Select one or more of the following:

  • He did not believe in God

  • He felt that anything that could be disproved is not valid

  • He felt that scientific terminology was more accurate

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

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Mitchell argued that in fact Flew was correct

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 12 of 15

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What is the Via Negitiva

Select one of the following:

  • The idea that God should never be spoken about negatively

  • the theory we can only describe God in a negative way

  • The idea God can be described in both a negative and positive way

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Question 13 of 15

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Some of the problems with religious language are that God is a . He also does not exist in or .

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Question 14 of 15

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What two things is religious language considered to be

Select one or more of the following:

  • Imposible to prove or disprove

  • disregarding of science

  • inconsistent

  • not open to universal experience

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Question 15 of 15

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Why is religious language seen as being incompatible with our understanding of the world

Select one of the following:

  • They describe concepts that exist separate from our world.

  • They are unclear on their aims

  • It often contradicts empirical evidence eg ressurection of jesus no human has ever been resurrected

Explanation

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