Key terms

Question 1

Non cognitive:

Answer 1

Statements about God are not subject to truth or falsity

Question 2

Univocal:

Answer 2

Idea that words have the same meaning at all times

Question 3

Equivocal:

Answer 3

The idea that the same word is used with two different meanings

Question 4

Apophatic way or via negativa

Answer 4

idea that we can only speak about God through negative terms

Question 5

Cognitive

Answer 5

statements about God that can be known to be either true or false

Question 6

Anthropomorphic

Answer 6

Tendency to describe something in human terms

Question 7

Cataphatic way or via positiva

Answer 7

Idea that could can be spoken of in positive terms (analogy)

Question 8

Analogy of Attribution:

Answer 8

that the qualities and attributes of humans or other things are reflections of God’s qualities

Question 9

Analogy of Proportion

Answer 9

Extent to which a being can be said to have certain properties is in proportion to the type of being we are describing. To say that a 10 year old girl is good at football is different to Ronaldo