Responses to These Challenges (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

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Hick's view on religious language verification

Cognitive & verified eschatologically (after death)

Eschatological verification

Claims of Christianity verified/falsified at death

Hick's Celestial City parable conclusion

At journey's end, one traveller proven right, other wrong

'Experiencing-as' (Hick)

Interpretation is essential element of all factual experience

Asymmetrical verification in Hick

Religious claims verifiable but not falsifiable

Blik (Hare's term)

Non-cognitive, non-falsifiable framework of interpretation

Hare's Lunatic parable shows

No behaviour can falsify lunatic's belief about dons

Flew's reply to Hare

Believers see statements as cognitive, not non-cognitive

Language game (Wittgenstein)

Meaning within social context; use & context govern meaning

Wittgenstein's advice for understanding

'Don't think; look!' - observe how words are used

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