Religious Language: 21st Century

Question 1

Flew

Answer 1

Parable of Johm Wisdom
A sceptic and a believer have different views about a gardner entering a clearing in a jungle because he cannot be detected using the five senses
Nothing the sceptic offers as evidence will convince the believer who keeps qualifying his statements about the invisible gardener

Argues religious believers behave in the same way. The assertions are modified until they assert nothing

Question 2

R.M Hare

Answer 2

We all have unfalsifiable ‘bliks’.
Blik: framing and understanding the world
Theism and atheism are unfalsifiable bliks
Religious belief an claims are non cognitive

Question 3

Mitchell

Answer 3

Religious language is cognitive, even without readily available facts. (parable)

Question 4

Wittgenstein

Answer 4

meaning is there for those playing the religious
language game. The language is non-cognitive and statements made
are not statements that can necessarily be identified as true or false.

Question 5

Logical Positivism

Answer 5

began in Vienna Circle

a proposition is only meaningful if it is analytic or if it is capable of being tested using five senses