نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
موضوعات
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Traditional philosophers of religion were convinced that God could be spoken of meaningfully, but at the beginning of the twentieth century, logical positivists compromised this. They set new boundaries in defining meaningful propositions from According to verification principle, a statement about the fact is only a real and original sentence if experience can show its truth or falsehood. From the point of view of logical positivists, religious propositions do not accept this criterion, they are non-original and meaningless. The criterion of verification gave way to the criterion of falsiblity after facing very serious criticism. Critics of verification have denied it on the basis of some, and others, such as John Hick, have tried to prove religious propositions by advancing the eschatological verification. Hick's main claim is that, firstly, in the meaning and concept of "verify" and "proof", doubt has been obtained. Proof in any sense must be able to remove doubt. Secondly, there is no concept of proof of actuality, but also the possibility of research and proof for meaning. Having one statement is enough. Is the way that John Hick has proposed to solve the meaningful dilemma of the religious propositions that has called the eschatological verification a satisfactory way? In this article, we try to explain Hick's point of view and evaluate in a critical way.
کلیدواژهها English
