0. Key words/ key people Flashcards

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empiricism

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knowledge through sense experience

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logic

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knowledge through reasoning

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3
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a posteriori

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knowlege gained from sense experience

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4
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a priori

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knowledge gained from reason rather than sense experience

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5
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synthetic

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knowledge conditional on sense experience

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6
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analytic

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knowledge based on reason alone

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7
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inductive

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argument using evidence to lead to probable conclusion

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8
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deductive

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an argument that is known to be true if the premises are true

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9
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cognitive

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meaningful as a result of knowledge

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10
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non cognitive

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not logically meaningful, subjective

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11
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univocal

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a word has same meaning when applied to different things

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12
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equivocal

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same word means entirely different thing when applied to object

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13
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apophatic

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view we can’t speak of god in positive terms as language is finite and is a gross misrepresentation of God leading to anthropomorphism

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14
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kataphatic

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we can speak of God meaningfully in positive terms

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15
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analogical

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word is used by comparison to something similar

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16
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realism

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the belief that what appears to be so is so

17
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antirealism

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belief that there is no objective reality/ truth

18
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who says religious language is non cognitive and meaningless - 2

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Ayer
Flew

19
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who says religious language is non cognitive but meaningful - 6

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Aquinas
Tillich
Wittgenstein
Hare
Swinburne
Mitchell stranger