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- 1What is an Analogy?A Comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
- 2Who came up with the idea of Analogy?Thomas Aquinas
- 3What did Aquinas reject?Via Negativa
- 4What were his two analogys?Analogy of Attribution
Analogy of Proportion - 5What is the analogy of attribution?Human goodness is a pale reflection of God's goodness. By understanding humans and the attributes human have, it helps us understand the attributes of God.
- 6What is the analogy of proportion?God qualities belong infinitely to God and that is in proportion to humans. We have a proportion of God's goodness.
- 7What does Hick call Analogies?The downwards analogy- to help us understand God.
- 8Who thought up models and qualifiers?Ian Ramsey
- 9What is a model?The describing word of God using words that we understand for humans because we can liken it to human understanding.
- 10What is a qualifier?It makes the words used specific to God, so we can then think about God in a more meaningful way.
- 11Strengths of Analogy?-Challenges the verification principle by explaining the complexity of religious language.
- It helps to explain difficult concepts.
- Avoids anthropomorphising God.
-Avoids agnosticism (not being sure) so allows for belief in God.
-C.Steven Evans said that theres nothing wrong with excepting that God is mysterious, and that our knowledge is limited of him. - 12What are some weaknesses of analogy?-Hume- analogies doesn't give us any information, or doesn't tell us anything about God.
-William Blackstone said that it is unhelpful because we have to translate the analogies into univocal language before they mean anything.
-Swinburne argues that we don't really need analogy because when we say God and humans are good, we might be using good to apply to different things but were using it to mean the same thing. - 13What is univocal language?Language that only has one meaning, for example. Black shoes, black cat, black hair.
- 14What is equivocal language?Language that has a variety of different meanings for example a cricket bat, and the animal a bat.
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- A2 (Religious Language) Religious Studies Fichas sobre analogy, creado por Emily Cons el 31/01/2017.
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