condensed phil limbus

Question 1

freud/jung (9)

Answer 1

(1) freud

(2) freud’s cases, strengths/weaknesses

(3) jung

(4) jung’s strengths/weaknesses

(5) atheism

(6) agnosticism

(7) new atheism

(8) NA’s challenges

(9) religious responses

Question 2

miracles/religious experience (10)

Answer 2

(1) miracles (general)

(2) aquinas (definition)

(3) hume (definition)

(4) r.f. holland (definition)

(5) swinburne (definition)

(6) support for belief in miracles

(7) challenges to belief in miracles

(8) david hume + challenges (general)

(9) hume challenge 1 (+swinburne’s response)

(10) hume challenge 2 (+swinburne’s response)

(11) criticism of hume’s challenges

Question 3

analogy/religious language (13)

Answer 3

(1) religious language (general)

(2) 3 main issues (religious lang)

(3) cognitive vs non-cognitive

(4) vienna circle, logical positivism

(5) verification principle (+strong/weak principles)

(6) a.j. ayer

(7) weaknesses/strengths of VP

(8) falsification principle + flew

(9) falsification principle’s strengths and weaknesses

(9) aquinas + 3 kinds of lang

(10) aq+ analogy, an of attribution, an of proportionality

(11) ian ramsay

(12) strengths/weaknesses for analogy

(13) mitchell + hare’s views

Question 4

symbols/religious language (12)

Answer 4

(1) non-cog/symbolic language (general)

(2) tillich + tillich’s 6 characteristics

(3) randall + randall’s signs vs symbols

(4) 4 functions of symbolic language

(5) strengths of SL

(6) weaknesses of SL

(7) non-cog/mythological language (general)

(8) purpose, biblical support for myth lang

(9) bultmann’s view + scholarly criticisms

(10) challenges to myth

(11) theories: correspondence, coherence, language game

(12) strengths/weaknesses of LGT