Religious Language 20th Century *

Question 1

Keyword: cognitive

Answer 1

Facts that can be known

Question 2

Keyword: Non-cognitive

Answer 2

Cannot be determined to be ‘true’ of ‘false’ has a different function

Question 3

Keyword : Analytic statement

Answer 3

A proposition that is true by definition (e.g all bachelors are men)

Question 4

Synthetic Statements

Answer 4

adds to the concept of the subject (e.g, doctors are rich)

Question 5

The verifiability theory

Answer 5

• statements that goes beyond mere definitions have to be verifiable in order to mean anything

Question 6

Language games

Answer 6

• Wittengestein also believe we know what a word means once we can use it in context.
• Learning a language is like a game: E.G. we might know a chess piece is called a ‘king’ but we wont understand this until we see its signifcance in a game

Question 7

Wittenstein’s view on language games and forms of life.

Answer 7

Religious language is subjective to the believer:

• He used the example of being the driver in a train
• We can see the different buttons, pedals etc, but we wont understand them until we drive the trains

Question 8

D.Z. Phillips

Answer 8

• The language only makes sense within the ‘game’ and for those within it - it has meaning.

Question 9

Anthony Flew & Falsification’

Answer 9

flasification: religious language dies the death of 1000 qualifications

• religious language isnt meaningful becasue it cant be falsified

Question 10

The parable of the invisible gardener

Answer 10

Flew:

• illustrate the differences between assertions based on faith and assertions based on scientific evidence, and the problems associated with unfalsifiable beliefs.

Question 11

R.M. Hare

Answer 11

• religious langauge fails to make meaningful truth claims
• People should not interpret religious langguage as truth claims cognitively but expression of ‘blik’

Question 12

keyword

BLIK

Answer 12

• Mans unfalsibiable conviction
• Athiests have blik too e.g. everything happens for a reason
• we all have unfalisable ways of framing our understanding of experiences which help us find meaning.

Question 13

The parabe of the lunatic

Answer 13

displays how All people have blicks, but some are right and some are wrong.

Question 14

Mitchell

The Parable of the Partisan

Answer 14

• Religious beliefs and statements do have factual content (are cognitive)

Question 15

ciceros universal consent argument

Answer 15

religious people + institutions exist - suggests religion is valid