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Quiz by Alex Richardson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Alex Richardson
almost 8 years ago
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Question 1
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Why would the vienna circle argue that religious language is meaningless
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There is no way to prove it
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Not everyone can take part
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Different religions will have their own kind of anguage
Question 2
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Cognitivism claims what about religous statements
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they can be true or false, statements express propositions and religous language makes claims about the world
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all language has meaning
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all language is an expression of emotion
Question 3
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what is an analytical statement
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a sentence which is true by definition
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a sentence which is true through verification
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a sentence which is untrue
Question 4
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what type of statement would this be mr miles has six car
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synthetic
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analytical
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meaningless
Question 5
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AJ ayer believed that there was strong verification which was verified in practice and verified in theory which requires no evidence.
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- True
- False
Question 6
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Which of these is an advantage for the verification principle
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It is not just an argument against God as according to the theory atheists and agnostics
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Aj Ayer stated that weak verification principle
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Scientific laws become meaningless
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Some religous statements might be verifiable in principle, such as biblical events
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Swinburne argued universal statements cannot be verified so meaningless yet we would agree '
Question 7
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What did Richard Swinburne argue
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Any language is meaningful
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all universal statements can't be verified
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all language is meaningless as it is just opinion
Question 8
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AJ Ayers version of the verification principle was considered an improvement over the Vienna circle due to the fact that he claimed that we can actually verify through a limited amount of evidence and do not need a physical observation
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- True
- False
Question 9
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Hick claimed that in fact religious statements are not meaningless due to what reason
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It is entierly subjective
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there is no way to verify athiesim
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these statements could be verified in the after life
Question 10
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Why did flew object to religous language
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He did not believe in God
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He felt that anything that could be disproved is not valid
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He felt that scientific terminology was more accurate
Question 11
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Mitchell argued that in fact Flew was correct
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- True
- False
Question 12
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What is the Via Negitiva
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The idea that God should never be spoken about negatively
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the theory we can only describe God in a negative way
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The idea God can be described in both a negative and positive way
Question 13
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Some of the problems with religious language are that God is a [blank_start]abstract property[blank_end]. He also does not exist in [blank_start]time[blank_end] or [blank_start]space[blank_end].
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space
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time
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abstract property
Question 14
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What two things is religious language considered to be
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Imposible to prove or disprove
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disregarding of science
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inconsistent
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not open to universal experience
Question 15
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Why is religious language seen as being incompatible with our understanding of the world
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They describe concepts that exist separate from our world.
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They are unclear on their aims
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It often contradicts empirical evidence eg ressurection of jesus no human has ever been resurrected
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