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Created by davieschloe7
over 10 years ago
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A word's meaning comes from the circumstance in which they are uttered and the meaning of other words alongside them
If you use words in a way that doesn't follow the particular rules of the language then it won't make sense
Words only make sense in context
Language isn't private and is something shared by groups of people
Everyone is in a language game
It explains why words don't mean the same thing to everyone (because they're playing a different language game)
Example:The word 'goal' can mean different things depending on the context; it can mean a goal in football or an ambition depending on the language game you're playing
It doesn't accuse any language game of being wrong
It gives believers a way to express the meaningfulness of religious language
It explains why God doesn't mean the same thing to an atheist as it does to a theist
It removes the link between claims made with language and empirical evidence
Religious beliefs are understood in an anti-realist manner
Nothing is prove-able or disprove-able
It's an easy way out of assessing the meaning of language
Language games
Strengths
Weaknesses
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