logical positivism

Wittgenstein’s views on language games and forms of life

discussion about the factual quality of religious language in the falsification symposium

the impact of the verification principle on the use of religious language, with reference to:

Ayer’s approach to verification

how language games may permit religious language to be deemed meaningful yet not cognitive

the varying arguments, with their associated parables, put forward in relation to theological language by Flew, Hare and Mitchell in their contributions to the symposium

discuss issues related to different views of religious language, including:

whether or not any version of the verification principle successfully renders religious language as meaningless

whether or not any participant in the falsification symposium presented a convincing approach to the understanding of religious language

a comparison of the ideas of Aquinas and Wittgenstein, including:

whether a cognitive approach (such as Aquinas’s thinking on analogy) or a non-cognitive approach (such as the language games concept of Wittgenstein) present better ways of making sense of religious language

the influence of non-cognitive approaches on the interpretation of religious texts

how far Aquinas’ analogical view of theological language remains valuable in philosophy of religion

Dialogue: Religion as a Language-Game, Edition 7

Dialogue: Wittgenstein: Twentieth Century Genius, Edition 20

Dialogue: California Dreaming – Prince Harry’s take on truth, Edition 60

TRS Chester Podcast: Can we talk about God? 

R4 In Our Time Podcast: Logical Positivism 

R4 In Our Time Podcast: Wittgenstein