Pros and Cons of Lang Games

Question 1

Advantage: Coheres w/ rel langs non-cog nature

Answer 1

Highlights the non-cognitive nature of religious language.

It’s allegorical, metaphorical, or simply talking of something outside our understanding.

Question 2

Advantage: Believers can be initiated into the rules

Answer 2

Believers can be easily admitted into the game.

AS the language us accessible and gains meaning.

Question 3

Advantage: Language games defends language against criticisms from…

Answer 3

Other ‘forms of life’.

Religious language cannot be subject to criticisms from other forms of life.

Question 4

Advantage: Truth is relative

Answer 4

Within a language game, truth is understood as relative and statements are to be judged against their own context and not on whether they are inherently or objectively true or false.

Question 5

Disadvantage: Cant be empirically tested

Answer 5

Language games do not allow for believers claims to be empirically tested.
Leaving statements unchallenged and unchallengeable opening the way for anything to be said and justified, leading to meaningless statements.

Question 6

Disadvantage: Religious language alienates those outside of the game.

Answer 6

If your not part of a particular form of life you aren’t privy to the language and its protocols leading to misunderstandings.

Question 7

Disadvantage: Rules cannot be changed

Answer 7

Rules of the game cannot be changed to allow outsiders, they must adapt to the game and its rules not visa-versa

Question 8

Disadvantage: Choice between games

Answer 8

The choice between games is complex, how can i justify paying attention to one set and not the other.
Believers and Scientists very often engage w one another, what can we say about the discourse when they try to debate with each other.

Question 9

Disadvantage: Truth

Answer 9

Most religious believers are not wiling to concede that their religious beliefs are non-cognitive.