Religious language

Analytic statement

Analytic statement

The meaning is contained in the definition

Analogy/ analogical

A comparison made between two things to aid understanding

Apophatic way (via negativa)

A way of talking about God that says what he is not

bliks

Someone's belief in something that does not change when contrary evidence is produced

Cataphatic way (via positiva)

Talking about what God is

Cognitive statements

Have a factual quality available to knowledge as words are physical things in the world

Correspondence theory

A statement is true if it fits with an already existing reality

Coherence theory

A statement is true if it corresponds with an existing set of beliefs

Equivocal language

Words that mean different things in different contexts

Falsification

Providing evidence to determine that something is wrong

Lebensform

"Form of life “ used by Wittgenstein in his language games

Logical positivism

A movement that claims assertions must be capable of being tested empirically if they are meaningful

Non-cognitive statements

Do not have a factual quality available to knowledge words are tools to achieve things rather than labels

Language games

Theory of how we use language developed by Wittgenstein later in his career

Partisan

Member of an armed group used to fight secretly against an occupying force

Symbol

A word or other kind of representation used to stand for something else and to shed light on its meaning

Symposium

A group of people who meet to discuss a certain question or theme

Univocal language

Words that mean the same thing when used in different contexts

Verification

Providing evidence to determine that something is true

Vienna circle

Group of philosophically minded scientists and scientifically minded philosophers who met in Vienna and developed logical positivism