Philosophy A-Level
Truth-aptness of religious language
What Truth-aptness of religious language means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Whether religious utterances can be true or false in the descriptive sense, which cognitivists affirm and non-cognitivists deny.
Topics that use Truth-aptness of religious language
- Religious language (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Cognitivism
- Contrast between verification and falsification
- Fact-stating versus expressive accounts
- Falsification principle
- Non-cognitivism
- Parable of the Partisan
- Provisional belief versus unfalsifiable blik
- The verification principle
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