religious language

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Test sobre religious language, creado por Alex Richardson el 04/01/2017.
Alex Richardson
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Why would the vienna circle argue that religious language is meaningless
Respuesta
  • There is no way to prove it
  • Not everyone can take part
  • Different religions will have their own kind of anguage

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
Cognitivism claims what about religous statements
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
what is an analytical statement
Respuesta
  • a sentence which is true by definition
  • a sentence which is true through verification
  • a sentence which is untrue

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
what type of statement would this be mr miles has six car
Respuesta
  • synthetic
  • analytical
  • meaningless

Pregunta 5

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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.
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Which of these is an advantage for the verification principle
Respuesta
  • 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 '

Pregunta 7

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What did Richard Swinburne argue
Respuesta
  • Any language is meaningful
  • all universal statements can't be verified
  • all language is meaningless as it is just opinion

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
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
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 9

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Hick claimed that in fact religious statements are not meaningless due to what reason
Respuesta
  • It is entierly subjective
  • there is no way to verify athiesim
  • these statements could be verified in the after life

Pregunta 10

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Why did flew object to religous language
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 11

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Mitchell argued that in fact Flew was correct
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 12

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What is the Via Negitiva
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 13

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Some of the problems with religious language are that God is a [blank_start]abstract property[blank_end]. He also does not exist in [blank_start]time[blank_end] or [blank_start]space[blank_end].
Respuesta
  • space
  • time
  • abstract property

Pregunta 14

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What two things is religious language considered to be
Respuesta
  • Imposible to prove or disprove
  • disregarding of science
  • inconsistent
  • not open to universal experience

Pregunta 15

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