religious language.

Question 1

what is the problem of religious language.

Answer 1

this is the idea that if we are able to make talk of god meaningless then this also makes the idea of god meaningless too.

Question 2

ayre and verification

Answer 2

this is the idea that we have to be able to verify statements synthetically or analytically to be able to see if they are true.
synthetic are true of the senses and analytical are things that are true or false by definition.
‘‘all but a bunch of words’’.

Question 3

synthetic

Answer 3

this is the idea that we have to be able to use the senses to be able to help assist when trying to prove things this can be like sight and experience. for example I can see that we are having Sunday dinner for tea.

Question 4

analytical statements

Answer 4

these are things that are true or false by statement for example a circle can not be a square mathematically this is always true so is the statement 2 + 2 is four.

Question 5

what are some problems with verification.

Answer 5

• just because we are not able to verify something now it does not mean that we will not be able to verify it later. or after death eschatoloigy.
• Swinburne says that just because we are not able to falsify it then it does not mean that it is meaningless. still has value.
• might not be verifiable in this life but we may be able to when we die.
• we are not able to verify the verification principle. not able to prove it. cant verify that we have to verify synthetically or analytically.

Question 6

falsification and blicks. (flews response and hare )

Answer 6

blocks are irrational thoughts or beliefs that cannot be falsified. for example the idea of the boy that thinks that his teacher is going to kill him but the class present his with evidence that this is not the case he gets good grades and the teacher says hello in the corridor the boy still believes that this teacher is out to kill him. despite what people say about it. nothing anyone can say to falsify or disprove the beliefe.

Question 7

what is Mitchells Bazils argument about blicks.

Answer 7

he gives the idea of the resistance leader and members of the army that catch him supposedly helping the enemy. not able to catch the man that they think is going against the arm .

Question 8

what are the critiques of blicks

Answer 8

-the idea that there can not be a destination between rational and non rational bliks. somethings are just outrageous.

-for example if god remains a mystery then language will not be used in a meaningful way.
we have to be able to find something that will go against it to make it meaningful.

blicks can change the way that we live means that they have to be meaningfull.

Question 9

what is the meaning of unequivocal

what is the meaning of equivocal.

Answer 9

unequivocal- means that language is all situations is the same and the meaning does not change. for example the word no is the same in all situations.

equivocal- this is the idea that language may be able to change depending on the circumstance. eg words like loving are not the same when used to us and god.

Question 10

what is the analogy of proper proportion.
Aquinas

Answer 10

this is the idea that we pose gods quality and they are in us but not in the same amount that they are found in god. we have gods characteristics in a lesser way than him.

for example faithfulness in a dog and a human are similar but they are also different and that is why we see dogs as faithful.

Question 11

analogy of attribution.
Aquinas.

Answer 11

• if god is the maker of the world then we should be able to see that in the world it should be reflected.
• we need to be able to understand god as the creator.

Question 12

criticisms of the analogy of attribution.

Answer 12

• some would say that we are not made in the image of god and they would follow the theory of evolution.
• some would look to the Augustine thordacy for the argument of free will and the problem of evil.
  -we are not able to verify the object.

of god is the creator of the earth then he has to be reflected in the world somehow.

Question 13

aquinas and the use of analogy.

Answer 13

• the idea of an analogy makes something easier to understand.
  places in a more understandable way.
• god cannot be explained in human language as it has a different meaning to us than it does to god.
• eg the analogy between the watch and the rock.

Question 14

religious language as symbolic.
Tillich.

Answer 14

• symbols don’t just point but they also participate in what they represent.

for example the cross that point to what they participate in.

they can open dimensions of the soul open levels of reality

Question 15

criticisms. of tillich.

Answer 15

• there is no religious content in symbols.
• not able to make a religious and a non religious claim.

Question 16

wittensteign and language games.

Answer 16

• was a classmate with hitler they did both not like each other
• words only reflect systems of behaviour.
• there can be problems when words are misunderstood.

Question 17

language games Phillips.

Answer 17

• the language game is faith you have to participate in it to be able to understand it.
• we have to take part to be able to understand it. eg a board game have to take part to be able to understand the rules.

Question 18

criticisms if Phillips language games.

Answer 18

• means that language can not have truth in uptime sense.
• means that there can be no progress in Phil debates.
• means that we are able to have blind faith without any justification.