Religious Language - Does it have any meaning? (A-Level Revision)
(AS and A-Level Revision)
Join George and John as they discuss and debate different Philosophical ideas, today they will be looking into the subject of Religious Language and asking if in fact Religious Language has any meaning.
Language around and about religion is quite common, but what are we to make of Religious language. As any statement on religion cannot necessarily be proven true or false, does this make all religious language meaningless? Or is language deeper than this, should we give meaning to statements that are not empirically verifiable.
Watch as our two favourite Philosophers debate, bringing up the works of some of the greatest thinkers, including AJ Ayer, Antony Flew, Karl Popper, RM Hare and Wittgenstein.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Religious Language as Meaningless
3:17 - John Hick and the Celestial City
4:17 - The fundamental flaw with the verification principle
5:09 - The Falsification Principle and the Parable of the invisible gardener
7:58 - RM Hare's Bliks
9:46 - Wittgenstein's Language Games for Religious Language