Phil HL - Religious Language - Falsification Principle

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Phil HL - Religious Language - Falsification Principle
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Phil HL - Religious Language - Falsification Principle
  1. Falsification
    1. For a sentence to be meaningful, it must be able to be falsified
      1. religious statements are immune to falsification therefore are meaningless
        1. God moves in mysterious ways (can't be falsified)
    2. RM Hare
      1. Religious statements are not assertions
        1. therefore not verifiable or falsifiable
          1. meaningless
        2. Bliks: perspectives you consider when interpreting a sentence
          1. A religious person's blik:
            1. many things count as evidence for God
              1. a beautiful sunset
                1. new life
          2. extra
            1. a statement must be bound by some criteria to be useful/meaningful
              1. meaningless if not open to some process of falsification/verification
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