how did Mccutcheon support Wittgenstein'slanguage games?
drew parallels between games and language- meaning of games, different games have different participation and are not reality, making wrong move- applying a word in the wrong way
how did D.Z Phillips criticise Wittgenstein?
Neo Wittgensteins made the controversial claim that religious language cannot be understood as reality depicting- questions the purpose of religious language?
what is another criticism?
religious statements do entail a truth- not entirely dependent on context- not context based
what is another criticism?
non-cognitive form of language. religious language makes no assertion and therefore cannot be disproved- questions purpose of religious language?
what is a strength?
debate between science and religious language games used to express different forms of life. Recognise that they are employing language games and not trying to undermine each other, recognisedistinctive contribution each makes- language games is helpful in us understanding the contribution.
