Referring to God

It is a current commonplace that if the concept of deity is incoherent then no significant truth-claim is made for a formula like ‘God exists', for it is neither true nor false but meaningless. This is the problem of factual meaning on which such emphasis is laid by critics like A. Flew, R. W....

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Main Author: Shepherd, John J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1974]
In: Religious studies
Year: 1974, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-80
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Summary:It is a current commonplace that if the concept of deity is incoherent then no significant truth-claim is made for a formula like ‘God exists', for it is neither true nor false but meaningless. This is the problem of factual meaning on which such emphasis is laid by critics like A. Flew, R. W. Hepburn, C. B. Martin, K. Nielsen and P. Edwards. I wish here to counter their challenge.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S003441250000055X