Religious Language notes
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This Religious Language page on GoConqr brings together over 9 user-made notes, covering verification, language games and analogy. They offer school students, university students and professional candidates material for practising concepts and arguments, and teachers material to use in lessons. Choose a note and start exploring.
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Verification & Falsification Principle
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Religious Language and Verification (Clack and Clack) RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE DAVID HUME- Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'Commit it then to to the flames; for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion', if it does not contain any reasoning concerning matter of ...
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sample ayer essay 1 (a) Examine the argument and/or interpretation in the passage. A.J Ayer was a British philosopher who was known for his promotion of Logical Positivism with a focus on verificationism ; a theory of knowledge which a...
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Twentieth-Century Perspectives Twentieth-Century Perspectives Cognitive - statements about God that can be known to be either true or false Non-Cognitive - statements about God aren't subject to truth or falsity Logical Positivism - movement in phi...
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religious language overview religious language (from the book)the problem of religious language religious language is language that deals with god and other theological matters, including religious worship, practice, behaviour and doctrine. it i...
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Religious Language Key Words Introduction to Religious Language In the 20th Century, philosophers realised that language is the only way we can make ourselves understood. In the philosophy of religion, we are describing concepts that no...
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Untitled KeywordsVienna Circle:A group of philosophers who met in Vienna and gave rise to the Logical Positivist movement.Logical Positivism:The philosophical strand of thought which focuses upon the relationship between philo...
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Wittgenstein's language games A word's meaning comes from the circumstance in which they are uttered and the meaning of other words alongside them If you use words in a way that doesn't follow the particular rules of the language then it won't mak...
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RS Religious Language Questions: .... a) Is religious language meaningful? b) What is the best way of using language to convey truth / understanding about God? TerminologyCognitive statement - statement of fact. Verify or falsify with use ...
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Untitled Analogy of Attribution Humans can talk meaningfully about God because there is a casual relationship between humans understand of concepts like love or goodness and the understanding of these concepts in the mind of G...
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rl Aquinas and analogy Aquinas believed that God couldn't be described literally in human language Limitations to language-”God is good”-word ‘good’ can't be understood literally-huge difference in the extent...
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Independent Study- Religious Language Verification PrincipleAyer using his favourite Instagram filterThe verification principle, as proposed by A. J. Ayer, states that something cannot be held to be true until it can be scientifically verified. If somethi...
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Religious Language - created from Mind Map Aquinas and analogy Aquinas believed that God couldn't be described literally in human language Limitations to language-”God is good”-word ‘good’ can't be understood literally-huge difference in the extent to which Go...
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Untitled Kant didn't regard the moral argument as an argument to prove existence- he thought God's existence is established through faith.Kants Moral Argumentl;
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Start with RS Religious Language for its questions about meaning and its terminology. It offers a way into the vocabulary before you compare particular arguments. For a closer look at two principles, read Verification & Falsification Principle, which introduces cognitive and non-cognitive claims.
Other notes take different routes through the unit. Wittgenstein's language games looks at how words are used in context. The notes created from a mind map discuss Aquinas and analogy, while the sample essay on Ayer gives you an example of an argument set out in prose.
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RS Religious Language is a useful starting point because it introduces questions about meaning alongside terminology. If you already know the basic vocabulary, try Verification & Falsification Principle instead. You can then compare the terms and claims in the two notes as you revise.
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What topics do these notes cover?
The notes include verification and falsification, cognitive and non-cognitive claims, Wittgenstein's language games, and Aquinas and analogy. There is also a sample essay on Ayer. Some notes introduce terminology or broad questions, while others focus on a particular approach or argument.