Twentieth-century perspectives and philosophical comparisons (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Falsification principle (Popper)
Falsification principle (Popper)
Theory must be testable & falsifiable to be scientific
Who proposed falsification principle
Who proposed falsification principle
Karl Popper
Flew's view on religious statements
Flew's view on religious statements
Not falsifiable, so not scientific or genuine assertions
Flew's parable of the gardener - main point
Flew's parable of the gardener - main point
Religion doesn't allow statements to be proven wrong
Religious response to contradictions (Flew)
Religious response to contradictions (Flew)
'Yes but' - maintain faith despite evidence (e.g. evil)
Weakness of Flew's argument
Weakness of Flew's argument
Faith means confidence despite contradictions, not blind
Hare's 'bliks' definition
Hare's 'bliks' definition
Strong, life-changing beliefs that can't be falsified/verified
Hare's analogy of the Dons
Hare's analogy of the Dons
Student convinced dons will kill him; no evidence changes mind
Hick's criticism of Hare
Hick's criticism of Hare
Can't distinguish 'right' & 'wrong' bliks but calls some insane
Mitchell's view on religious statements
Mitchell's view on religious statements
Genuinely factual even if not falsifiable
Mitchell's parable of the partisan
Mitchell's parable of the partisan
Fighter trusts stranger despite seeing them with enemy
Mitchell's 'eschatological verification'
Mitchell's 'eschatological verification'
Will prove believers right in the end
Strength of partisan parable
Strength of partisan parable
Captures faith as trust in God despite contradictions
Weakness of partisan - fideism risk
Weakness of partisan - fideism risk
Faith held without reason/evidence undermines rationality