Religious Language: 20th Century Perspectives and Philosophical Comparisons Flashcards
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Logical Positivism
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a movement that claimed that assertions have to be capable of being tested empirically if they are to be meaningful
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Cognitive
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having a factual quality that is available to knowledge, where words are labels for things in the world
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Non-Cognitive
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not having a factual quality that is available to knowledge, words are tools used to achieve something rather than labels for things
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Empirical
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available to be experienced by the five senses
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Verification
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providing evidence to determine that something is true
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Symposium
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a group of people who meet to discuss a particular question or theme
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Falsification
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providing evidence to determine that something is false
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Demythologising
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removing the mythical elements from a narrative to expose the central message
