Unit 10: Prescribed texts (open-book Paper 2)
Topic 10.1: Language, Truth and Logic — Ayer Questions
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True or false? Ayer claims that God does not exist.
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True or false? Emotivism says 'stealing is wrong' MEANS 'I dislike stealing'.
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On Ayer's test, 'a transcendent God exists' comes out as:
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The two jobs a moral sentence does, on emotivism, are:
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True or false? A strong Paper-2 part (b) answer must reach a reasoned judgement, not just describe Ayer.
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Ayer's verification principle is first of all a test for whether a sentence is:
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A statement is 'analytic' when it is:
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The self-refutation objection says the verification principle:
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A statement is 'verifiable' (in Ayer's weak sense) when:
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The 'it's just a definition' reply to self-refutation:
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The 'strong vs weak' problem for Ayer is that:
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To 'evaluate' a claim in Language, Truth and Logic (Paper-2 part b) means to:
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For Ayer, a moral sentence has no 'truth-value' because:
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By 'metaphysics' Ayer means claims about:
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Why does Ayer's argument mean he is NOT an atheist?
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On Ayer's emotivism, saying 'stealing is wrong' is mainly a matter of:
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Which part of Ayer's project is usually judged to survive best?
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Emotivism follows from the verification principle because:
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Fill the gap: for Ayer a moral sentence expresses a feeling and tries to ______ others, rather than stating a fact.
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