falsification principle - criticisms Flashcards
1
Q
cognitive vs non cognitive
A
cannot compare cognitive and non cognitve language by the same terms, i.e. cannot judge religion on scientific grounds as science wouldn’t be judged on religious grounds
2
Q
flew as christian
A
became a Christian later life to demonstrate that religious language can have other meanings such as comfort
compares cognitive and non-cognitive language
3
Q
R.M Hare (flew as christian)
A
“ways of regarding the world which are in principle neither verifiable nor falsifiable”
i.e. someone may think people in an office may want to kill them, even though it inst true it changes the way they live their life
