Responses to Verification And Falsification

Question 1

What what are Blicks according to hares theory

Answer 1

Bliks are something that changes world perception making it meaningful even if it’s not evidenced according to her religion is a Blick therefore religious language has meanings they are important because of their impact

Question 2

Explain has parable of the lunatic

Answer 2

Using the parable of the lunatic a man who believes his colleagues want to murder him has a negative blik but they can also be positive and still have meaning

Question 3

Does hare believe religious language is cognitive or not cognitive

Answer 3

Congnitive but meaningful

Question 4

What does basil Mitchell say

Answer 4

Religious language and belief is based on fact but aren’t straightforwardly verifiable of falsifiable using the parable of the partisan to illustrate the concept of non-propositional faith meaning a trust in God which may be held even when evidence points to the contrary

Question 5

Explain Mitchells parable of the partisan

Answer 5

There is a leader helping out the resistance but sometimes he helps the enemy the fighter nevertheless carries on in the belief that the stranger is in fact the leader of the resistance Mitchells fighter is willing to admit that things count against his belief in the leader but he grounds his belief in reason in fact he trusts the man based on the experience and examples he has of meeting him

Question 6

How does Mitchells parable of the partisan apply

Answer 6

Religious belief is based upon fax but that belief cannot be verified and falsified in the simplistic way demanded by logical positivists all problems of religious belief will be revealed at the end of Time according to traditional religious beliefs

Question 7

Explain swim Burns example of the toy cupboard

Answer 7

Toys come out of the cupboard when we are not looking if this happens only when we are not looking then we cannot falsify the statement has meaning that because we understand it and it is comprehensible we are not claiming that the statement is true just that we understand it therefore it has meaning

Question 8

What does Swinburne say to counter falsification

Answer 8

Many statements are unfalsifiable like religious claims that have meaning therefore falsifiability is not an accurate card to meaningfulness we can still derive meaning from unverifiable statement