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Phil HL - Religious Language - The Verification Principle
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Philosophy HL - Religious Language - The Verification Principle
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Phil HL - Religious Language - The Verification Principle
A sentence is meaningful if...
it is a tautology (true by definition)
Can be proved true/false, even if only in principle
There is life on other planets
Verifiable by sense experience
Religious Statements
Can't be verified
The soul is reborn
There is life after death
Don't talk about observable things/properties in the world
Don't make sense without context
Depend on the reader's beliefs
Are useful in picturing the character of Christ (his qualities)
Helpful in understanding Christian theology: principles valued, importance of Christ
Cosmological argument
can be verified to a certain extent (beginning of the universe) but not before that
Criticisms
The statement itself is not meaningful
Can't be verified by sense experience
Sentences that are meaningful to us can be dismissed
I love you
I had a weird dream
all ravens are black - can be falsified in principle therefore meaningless
beauty is subjective - can't be empirically falsified/verified
historical events sometimes can't be empirically verified by our senses/observations
A statement...
can be verified depending on whether you can check it with empirical evidence
It is currently snowing
Cognitive (realist) Language
Factual statements, can be verified with empirical evidence
Non cognitive Language
Context dependent, can't be verified/falsified
Symbols, myths, metaphors
Analytical statements
true by definition, can't be false because of wording
Mathematical statements
incorrect only because of human error, can be recalculated
Synthetic statements
are verifiable/falsifiable by empirical evidence
Verification (A. J. Ayer
Practical Verifiability
a statement can be tested in reality, in practise
Verifiability in Principle
we can, but lack the ability
strong
can be verified conclusively
weak
can be shown to be probable through observation
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