conclusions of non-cognitive/cognitive language

• (s of cognitivism) what claims does cognitive religious language make?

  factual claims that are clear and open to examination by anyone
• (s of cognitivism) what are most religious believers?

  cognitivists
• (s of cognitivism) cognitivists hold that their beliefs are...?

  factual
• (s of cognitivism) why are believers committed to those beliefs?

  because they believe them to be factual (not because they're non-cognitive bliks)
• (s of non-cognitivism) non-cognitivism doesn't pretend that religious language is scientific, so what does it avoid?

  the kind of challenges mounted by verificationists and falsificationists
• (s of non-cognitivism) it reflects the distinctive views and commitments of religious people (their religious bliks as Hare would put it)
• (s of non-cognitivism) what does non-cognitivism acknowledge?

  that there can be many different ways in which language can be meaningful