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- 1. Multiple Choice
Logical Positivism develops and claims we should use a criterion of ...
truth
meaning
knowledge
experience
- 2. Multiple Choice
There is ... distinction between meaningful and true.
no
significant
a
- 3. Multiple Choice
The question of meaning is directly linked and relevant to the cognitive/non cognitive debate.
false
true
sometimes true
- 4. Multiple Choice
Cognitive language is ...
an attempt to describe a mind-independent state of affairs
truth-apt
meaningful
meaningless
is description with NO other function e.g. not expressive, not emotive, not prescriptive
- 5. Multiple Choice
Non cognitive language ...
is NOT an attempt to describe a mind-independent state of affairs
is NOT truth-apt
meaningful
meaningless
has another function other than description e.g. expressive, emotive, prescriptive
- 6. Multiple Choice
The initial verification principle claims that 'an utterance is meaningful if it is ... OR ...
analytic
synthetic
verifiable
empirically verifiable
- 7. Multiple Choice
The initial verification principle claims that 'an utterance is meaningful if it is analytic ... empirically verifiable.
or
and
and not
and/or
- 8. Multiple Choice
According to Logical Positivists, the issue of meaning has to be addressed before you can ask the question, ...
'Is it true?'
'Should I care?'
Is it knowledge?'
- 9. Multiple Choice
The aim of the VP was to identify questions and propositions in philosophy which were meaningless and so not able to lead to knowledge; whole areas of Philosophy were deemed meaningless.
true
false
- 10. Multiple Choice
On the initial strong form of the VP, is the following meaningful or meaningless? 'Room 78 has a grey carpet.'
meaningful
meaningless
- 11. Multiple Choice
On the initial strong form of the VP, is the following meaningful or meaningless? 'Room 78 has a blue carpet.'
meaningful
meaningless
- 12. Multiple Choice
On the initial strong form of the VP, is the following meaningful or meaningless? 'All RS classrooms have grey carpets.'
meaningful
meaningless
- 13. Multiple Choice
On the initial strong form of the VP, is the following meaningful or meaningless? 'This RS classroom will have a pink carpet from January 2025.'
meaningful
meaningless
- 14. Multiple Choice
On the initial strong form of the VP, is the following meaningful or meaningless? 'This RS classroom had a blue carpet until December 2012.'
meaningful
meaningless
- 15. Multiple Choice
So, which groups of proposition are meaningless under the (strong) VP?
generalisations
predictions
historical claims
religious
metaphysical
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why did Ayer formulate the weak form of VP?
strong/initial form ruled out too much as non cognitive; so not a useful criterion of meaning
strong/initial form ruled out too much as meaningless; so not a useful criterion of meaning
strong/initial form ruled out too much as cognitive; so not a useful criterion of meaning
strong/initial form ruled out too much as false; so not a useful criterion of meaning
- 17. Multiple Choice
On both the strong and the weak VP, analytic propositions are ...
meaningful
meaningless
trivial
vital
important
- 18. Multiple Choice
Can an utterance be meaningless on the strong VP and meaningful on the weak VP?
yes
no
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are clearly meaningLESS on the strong VP and meaningFUL on weak VP?
'2 + 2 = 4'
'Dr W has short hair.'
'Swans are white.'
'All teachers are wize.'
'You have just over 100 days before study leave starts.'
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