Challenges of the Verification and Falsification Principles (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

Claims about facts that can be tested through evidence

Do not depend on empirical facts for truth or meaning

Statements meaningful only if analytic or empirically verifiable

Language, Truth and Logic

Know how statement could theoretically be tested empirically

Principle itself not verifiable, so meaningless by own standard

Statement meaningful if evidence could falsify it

Science works through falsification, not verification

Shows religious beliefs die death of thousand qualifications

Believers modify claims repeatedly to avoid falsification