Religious language: Verification and Language Games

Religious language: Verification and Language Games

12th Grade

20 Qs

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Religious language: Verification and Language Games

Religious language: Verification and Language Games

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Philosophy, Religious Studies

12th Grade

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Sam Brown

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which approach to philosophy was developed by the Vienna Circle?

Logical Positivism

Positive logicalism

Language Games

Analogy and symbol

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

According to Logical Positivism, which areas of philosophy are deemed to be 'meaningless'? (3)

Ethics

Metaphysics

Tautologies

Religion

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are the two types of significant statements according to Logical Positivism and the verification theory? (2)

Normative ethical arguments

Statements of faith

Tautologies

Empirically verifiable statements

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which are examples of tautologies? (2)

London is the capital of England

A triangle has three sides

It is raining outside

A bachelor is an unmarried man

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which are empirically verifiable statements? (2)

Mount Everest is only 3 feet tall

It is immoral to lie to your parents

It is raining in Andover

God is love

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who distinguished between strong and weak verification?

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Richard Swinburne

A.J. Ayer

Richard Dawkins

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between strong and weak verification?

Weak verification is reliant on faith claims

Strong verification requires conclusive empirical evidence

Strong verification requires the claims to be shouted very loudly

Strong verification is reliant on tautologies

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