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A2 philosophy revision homework piece, includes ideas of Flew, Hare and Basil Mitchell in regards to falsification.

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FALSIFICATION ? This means to prove something is false. ? Falsification principle accepts a statement is verifiable if it known what empirical evidence could count against it or prove it to be wrong.
ANTONY FLEW ? The parable of the two explorers in the Jungle: ? This story is about two explorers who were in the Jungle, one explorer repeatedly modifies the qualities that he attributes to an alleged gardener who is looking after to forest clearing. ? This story links to religious language because it cannot be proved wrong as a religious person will always believe and have faith, Religious people act the same as the believing explorer. ? Flew suggests that religious people refuse to let their beliefs be falsified, instead when religious people are challenged they qualify their beliefs. Flew suggests that by this the original belief is lost. ? ¡°Dying a death of a thousand qualifications¡± ? Flew believes a statement must be open to challenge to be meaningful; religious people deny challenges to statements of God¡¯s existence; they are meaningless.
R.M. HARE ? The Parable of the lunatic: The lunatic believes that they university staff are plotting to kill him. So his friends introduce him to the nicest and kindest people however this doesn¡¯t alter his belief that they are trying to kill him. ? Hare uses this story to show that people have a way that they see the world, know as their Blik. They can be insane or sane, there are no sense observations that are able to help resolve conflicting Bliks. ? However this story doesn¡¯t aid traditional views, if religious beliefs are Bliks, this suggests that religious beliefs are a interpretation of the world which could also be sane or insane. ? Weaknesses of this include religious people believe that it is more than just an approach to life.
BASIL MITCHELL ? Story: There is a war in an occupied country and one night there is a member of the resistance that meets a stranger in the night. They end up speaking and the stranger says that he is on the side of the resistance, and that he is command of it and convinces the partisan to have faith in him no matter what. Sometimes the stranger is seen to be helping the resistance and the partisan says that he on their side however sometimes the stranger is seen in the uniform of the police and is shown to be handing over people to the occupying power. Once this happened someone spoke against him and the partisan still believes that he is on their side, and does not believe that the stranger was deceiving him. He wont test the stranger either. ? This story suggests that there may be events that count against or in favour of a believer¡¯s Blik. Mitchell also agrees that theological statements are just assertions. ? He concludes that religious statements of belief could be ¡°provisional hypothesis¡±, ¡°significant articles of faith¡± or ¡°vacuous formulae¡±

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Falsification revision

  • 2. FALSIFICATION ? This means to prove something is false. ? Falsification principle accepts a statement is verifiable if it known what empirical evidence could count against it or prove it to be wrong.
  • 3. ANTONY FLEW ? The parable of the two explorers in the Jungle: ? This story is about two explorers who were in the Jungle, one explorer repeatedly modifies the qualities that he attributes to an alleged gardener who is looking after to forest clearing. ? This story links to religious language because it cannot be proved wrong as a religious person will always believe and have faith, Religious people act the same as the believing explorer. ? Flew suggests that religious people refuse to let their beliefs be falsified, instead when religious people are challenged they qualify their beliefs. Flew suggests that by this the original belief is lost. ? ¡°Dying a death of a thousand qualifications¡± ? Flew believes a statement must be open to challenge to be meaningful; religious people deny challenges to statements of God¡¯s existence; they are meaningless.
  • 4. R.M. HARE ? The Parable of the lunatic: The lunatic believes that they university staff are plotting to kill him. So his friends introduce him to the nicest and kindest people however this doesn¡¯t alter his belief that they are trying to kill him. ? Hare uses this story to show that people have a way that they see the world, know as their Blik. They can be insane or sane, there are no sense observations that are able to help resolve conflicting Bliks. ? However this story doesn¡¯t aid traditional views, if religious beliefs are Bliks, this suggests that religious beliefs are a interpretation of the world which could also be sane or insane. ? Weaknesses of this include religious people believe that it is more than just an approach to life.
  • 5. BASIL MITCHELL ? Story: There is a war in an occupied country and one night there is a member of the resistance that meets a stranger in the night. They end up speaking and the stranger says that he is on the side of the resistance, and that he is command of it and convinces the partisan to have faith in him no matter what. Sometimes the stranger is seen to be helping the resistance and the partisan says that he on their side however sometimes the stranger is seen in the uniform of the police and is shown to be handing over people to the occupying power. Once this happened someone spoke against him and the partisan still believes that he is on their side, and does not believe that the stranger was deceiving him. He wont test the stranger either. ? This story suggests that there may be events that count against or in favour of a believer¡¯s Blik. Mitchell also agrees that theological statements are just assertions. ? He concludes that religious statements of belief could be ¡°provisional hypothesis¡±, ¡°significant articles of faith¡± or ¡°vacuous formulae¡±