Positivism and christianity : a study of theism and verifiability

by Kenneth H. Klein

[目次]

  • I. Statement of the Issues.- A. Overview of the Positivist stand upon theism.- B. Exposition of the Positivist stand on the issues.- 1. "The statement that God exists is, at least putatively, a statement of fact".- 2. "A necessary condition of a genuine statement of fact is that it must be Verifiable".- 3. "The statement that God exists is not Verifiable".- Retrospect.- C. Appendix: Unintelligible words and unintelligible sentences.- II. Theism without belief in God.- A. Religious belief construed as a moral commitment.- B. Religious belief construed as "slanting".- C. Religious belief construed as the contemplating of a "symbol picture".- Discussion.- Transition to Chapters III and IV.- III. Testability and Factual Significance.- A. The search for a criterion of factual significance.- B. Formulations and difficulties.- 1. The paradigm case: The criterion of verifiability.- 2. The criterion of verifiability in principle.- 3. The extended criterion of verifiability in principle.- 4. The criterion of falsifiability in principle.- 5. The criterion of partial verifiability.- 6. The criterion of Verifiability.- C. Further problems.- 1. Statements about other minds.- 2. Statements about "unobservables" in science.- Retrospect.- IV. Are Theological Sentences Testable?.- A. Terrestrial falsifiability.- B. Eschatological verifiability.- C. Terrestrial verifiability.- Retrospect.- V. Dilemmas.- A. Summary of the argument.- B. Objections and dilemmas.- 1. Conclusive Verifiability.- 2. Verifiability in principle.- 3. Ad hoc exceptions.- 4. The translatability criterion.- 5. Falsifiability and theological statements.- 6. The transcendence of God.- Selected bibliography.

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書名 Positivism and christianity : a study of theism and verifiability
著作者等 Klein, Kenneth H.
Klein K.H.
出版元 Nijhoff
刊行年月 1974
版表示 Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1974
ページ数 xi, 183 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9024715814
NCID BA03872019
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言語 英語
出版国 オランダ
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