WorksheetsReligious Language
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Cognitive
Statements about God that can be known to be true/false
Statements about God that are not subject to being true/false
Words being objective
Words being subjective
Non cognitive
Words having subjective meanings
Words having objective meanings
Statements about God which are not subject to being true/false
Statements about God that can be known to be true/false
Univocal
Words have the same meanings
Words have different meanings
Words used to describe God
Use of religious language
Equivocal
Words have the same meanings
Words have different meanings
Words used to describe God
Use of religious language
Apophatic way
Via negativa
Via positiva
Cataphatic way
Via negativa
Via positiva
Anthropomorphism
Describing something using an analogy
Describing something using human terms
Describing something in opposite terms
Describing something from a human perspective
Analogy
Use of perspective to explain something
Comparison of something greater and smaller
Comparing two things to gain understanding of the less familiar thing
Gaining understanding through the use of human objects
Blik
A belief that has no evidence
A religious belief that has no basis
A basic understanding of reality
A basic unfalsifiable belief
Demarcation
Determining the boundaries of something
Understanding the division between boundaries
Marking the differences between beliefs
Determining the meaning of something
Strong verification principle
Requires empirical evidence
Requires conclusive empirical evidence
Requires the possibility of empirical evidence
Requires a tautology
Weak verification principle
Requires empirical evidence
Requires conclusive empirical evidence
Requires a statement of valid empirical evidence
Requires a tautology
Tautology
A predicate
Empirical evidence
An a priori statement, true by definition
Factual information
Symbol
Something that points to something
A sign with a meaning
A representation of a blik
Something which participates in that to which it points
Analogy of attribution
Descriptions using equivocal language
Descriptions of a maker from their creation
Descriptions of a lesser object from something that has more of the quality
Describing of creations from the maker
Logical positivism
Approach adopted by the Vienna Circle
Approach criticised by the Vienna Circle
Approach commented upon by the Vienna Circle
Approach debated by the Vienna Circle
Eschatological verification
Beliefs can be subject to strong verification
A criticism of analogy
Beliefs cannot be verified in the afterlife
Beliefs can be verified in the afterlife
