Religious Language Philosophy of Religion

Religious Language A-level Philosophy of Religion revision. A set of slides covering the Edexcel specification and others. It covers the following:

Analogy & Symbol
Analogy
Aristotle
Aquinas
Analogy of Attribution
Analogy of Proportionality
Strengths & Weaknesses of Aquinas
Via Negative / The Apophatic Argument
Physical symbols
Paul Tillich
Weaknesses of Symbols
Hick’s Criticism of Tillich
Verification & Falsification
Categories of Statements
The Vienna Circle & Logical Positivism
Ayer’s Verification Principle
Criticisms of the Verification Principle
Anti-Realist (Non-Cognitivist) & Realist (Cognitivist) Language
Eschatological Verification
Flew’s Falsification Principle
Hare’s Response to Flew
Mitchell’s Response to Flew
Flew’s Response to Hare & Mitchell
Language Games
Miscommunication
Ludwig Wittgenstein