6. Religious Language 2

Learners will study how views of religious language have changed over time, studying a variety of approaches and views.

6. Religious Language 2: List

Philosophical Comparisons

Twentieth Century Perspectives

Content

logical positivism
Wittgenstein’s views on language games and forms of life
discussion about the factual quality of religious language in the falsification symposium

Key Knowledge

the impact of the verification principle on the use of religious language, with reference to:
- Ayer’s approach to verification
how language games may permit religious language to be deemed meaningful yet not cognitive
the varying arguments, with their associated parables, put forward in relation to theological language by:
- Flew, Hare and Mitchell in their contributions to the symposium

6. Religious Language 2: CV