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The Verificationist Challenge
In Charles Taliaferro & Philip L. Quinn (eds.), A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 458–466 (1997)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Background Atheism and Meaninglessness The Positivist Verifiability Theory of Meaning Three Typical Responses Three Standard Criticisms of the Theory and Its Present Standing Can the Standard Criticisms be Answered? Conclusion Works cited.
verificationist challenge view that meaningfulness of God‐talk is problematic ‐ being not new David Hume, maintaining that ‐ only legitimate propositions are those of matters of fact and relations of ideas atheism and meaninglessness ‐ positive atheism, disbelief in god – that “god exists” being false positivst verifiability theory of meaning three typical responses to positivistic attack ‐ on factual meaningfulness of religious language Richard Braithwaite ‐ that logical positivists were correct, religious discourse being not factually meaningful three standard criticisms of the theory and its present standing
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