religious language

Question 1

via negativa ( apophatic way )

Answer 1

that since we cant understand god, the only meaningful way to talk about god is to say what god is not

Question 2

via positive ( cataphatic way )

Answer 2

only meaningful way to speak about god is to be positive through analogy etc

Question 3

pseudo-dionyisus on via negitiva

Answer 3

positive language limits god that’s why it can only be negative language eg god is not evil

Question 4

tilich on symbols

Answer 4

it trys to connect minds to god not explain

Question 5

maimodenies example

Answer 5

the ship, you can say its not a circle etc

Question 6

brian davies on negative language

Answer 6

only allows to gain knowledge in “special cases” most cases including god is not that

Question 7

Aquinas believes

Answer 7

you can speak about god in positive terms if we speak analogically

Question 8

aqunias analogy of attribution

Answer 8

we can attribute qualities to the creator of a thing that are analogous to those of its creation
uses the healthy bull urine, we can then assume that the bull is healthy
so similarly humans have qualities like power and love so we can assume our creator did too

Question 9

aqunias analogy of proportion

Answer 9

a being has a quality in a degree relative to its being a virus have a life, plant have a life, humans have life, god has live
so god is like us but proportionally greater

Question 10

univocal language

Answer 10

words only have one meaning

Question 11

equivocal language

Answer 11

different meanings for different people

Question 12

genesis quote

Answer 12

we are made in gods “image and likness”

Question 13

what does karl barth think the theory does

Answer 13

puts too much pressure on reason

Question 14

brummer on gods nature

Answer 14

we dont know gods nature so we cannot know the way in which god is loving

Question 15

tillich on symbol

Answer 15

most religious language has symbolic meaning rather than literal

Question 16

illustration of a national flag

Answer 16

it isnt a random sign pointing to a country it shows power and dignity of a nation it connects citizens to their country

Question 17

tilichs four elements to symbolic meaning

Answer 17

pointing to something beyond itself
participation
reality
soul

Question 18

what are symbols about

Answer 18

spiritual connect eg the crucifix

Question 19

randall symbols do four things

Answer 19

arise emotions and motivate action,
blind communities together,
communicate aspects of experience that cannot be expressed with literal meaning, evoke feelings of the divine

Question 20

non-cognitive

Answer 20

feelings and opinions

Question 21

cognitive

Answer 21

factual

Question 22

the Vienna circle

Answer 22

group of philosopher’s including Ayer and wittgenstein

Question 23

logical positvism

Answer 23

claim that only scientific language is meaningful as it has evidence

Question 24

verificationism

Answer 24

a statement is meaningful only if empirically viable

Question 25

how can language being meaningful for Ayer

Answer 25

if its cognitive and analytical

Question 26

direct verification

Answer 26

a statement that is verifiable by observation

Question 27

indirect verification

Answer 27

when a direct verifcation supports a statement which has not being verified but in principle know how to eg this is iron

Question 28

hicks parable of the celestial city

Answer 28

one thinks city at the end while other does not by the end someone will be correct and someone will be wrong

Question 29

falsificationism

Answer 29

a claim that is falsifiable if we can imagine what would prove it false

Question 30

flews parable of the invisible gardener

Answer 30

explain this to someone

Question 31

mitchell on religious language

Answer 31

religious belief actually is based on rational evidence so that religious language is cognitively meaningful

Question 32

mitchells parable of the solider

Answer 32

explain this to someone

Question 33

swinburne on meaningful stuff

Answer 33

everything is meaningful to different people

Question 34

hare

Answer 34

its a blik

Question 35

blik

Answer 35

someones unchanging belief

Question 36

the paranoid student

Answer 36

explain

Question 37

humes argument for non-cognitivism

Answer 37

the cognitive part of our mind is controlled or enslaved by our non-cognitive feelings

Question 38

wittgenstiens language games

Answer 38

its only meaningful to thoses in the game!

Question 39

wittgenstienian fidelism

Answer 39

religion is purely a matter of faith