WorksheetsReligious Language
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
'That which is beyond or not found in the physical world' is a definition of
a)
empirical
b)
metaphysical
c)
falsification
d)
metacognition
2.
Who dismissed all metaphysical statements as useless?
a)
Richard Dawkins
b)
Anthony Flew
c)
David Hume
d)
Charles Darwin
3.
Which city is associated with the development of logical positivism?
a)
Berlin
b)
Vienna
c)
London
d)
Paris
4.
What type of language is empirically proveable?
a)
Cognitive
b)
Non-cognitive
c)
Mathematical
d)
Falsifiable
5.
A definition of falsification is
a)
Not accepting something as false because everyone has their own beliefs
b)
Something not accepted as a trueism
c)
Proving something false by using evidence that counts against it
d)
Something that cannot be verified
6.
Language that is not empirically verifiable or falsifiable but instead expressed an attitude towards something is known as
a)
non-verification
b)
false-falsification
c)
cognitive
d)
non-congnitive
7.
'Proving something true by using evidence that counts towards is'
a)
empiricism
b)
verification
c)
tautologicalism
d)
falsification
8.
Who wrote 'Language; Truth and Logic'
a)
Ayer
b)
Flew
c)
Hume
d)
Popper
9.
A self-explanatory statement is
a)
a tenet
b)
tautological
c)
verifiable
d)
a blik
10.
A key belief or moral principle is
a)
a tenet
b)
tautological
c)
verifiable
d)
a blik
11.
How many types of verification did Ayer propose?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
Which philosopher initially championed falsification?
a)
Ayer
b)
Flew
c)
Hare
d)
Popper
13.
Who used Wisdom's parable of the gardener to explain his view on religious language?
a)
Ayer
b)
Flew
c)
Hick
d)
Popper
14.
Who used the parable of the celestial city to illustrate his view on verification?
a)
Ayer
b)
Flew
c)
Hick
d)
Popper
15.
The idea that everyone will find out when they die / at the end of times if God exists (or not) is called
a)
Eschatological Verification
b)
God Verification
c)
Heaven Verification
d)
Eschatological Falsification
16.
Hare used the idea of bliks to illustrate his view on religious language. What is a blik?
a)
The idea that everyone has something meaningful to them which cannot be verified or falsified.
b)
The idea that whilst everyone should accept scientific principles, some people require more evidence.
c)
The idea that religious people believe the same thing, they just use different words e.g. Allah; Brahama, God
d)
Religious ideas that people such as Dawkins refuse to accept.
17.
Which parable did Mitchell use to express his ideas on religious language?
a)
The lunatic
b)
The partisan and the stranger
c)
The train miracle
d)
The gardener
18.
Which parable did Hare use to illustrate his views on religious language?
a)
The lunatic
b)
The partisan and the stranger
c)
The gardener
d)
The celestial city
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