Critically assess Wittgenstein’s belief that language games allow religious statements to have meaning. (35 marks) In his early work‚ Tractatus Logico‚ Wittgenstein identified a link between language and reality and put forward the ‘picture theory of language.’ In this theory‚ he stated language could only be meaningful if one had a mental image which corresponded to it. However this theory faced religious criticism as it meant that discussions surrounding God were both meaningless and impossible
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The 1920s in the U.S. is a golden age. More and more rich and powerful people appeared in America‚ everyone wanted to live in that high class society. In this materialistic world‚ people missing in their voluptuous life‚ throw away their less poor morality‚ and measure everything they see with interests. That makes the interpersonal relationships in upper society is built on the foundation of interests like money and status‚ also the relationships will disappear with the loss of interests. Money
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The Tragical Holocaust The racism to Germany expanded quickly in the year of 1933 when Hitler became chancellor of Germany. Memorable things started to happened because it was the start of the Second World War and this also meant it was the beginning of the Holocaust. This Holocaust was caused by the Germans they were in control of this cruel act they made will never be forgotten. Germans looked at Jews differently because they believed in a different religion then the Germans. The Germans
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Essay with quotes: In the four narratives that I read there is not really any contradictory evidence. In fact‚ a lot of the points made in one were also made in the other narratives. One thing that all the narratives talked about was having shared roles between the two parents. It states in narrative five‚ “We must share equally all the daily chores and financial burdens. He must do as much child caring as I will do” and it states something similar in narrative one‚ “Michael is a very supportive
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In any new organization‚ crucial qualities are trust‚ teamwork and friendship. Without these values an organization will not be able to function well and would be unable to accomplish any of it’s goals. This holds true‚ be it this generation‚ or any other previous generation. Likewise to survive in the new world‚ in the historical fiction novel‚ Blood on the River‚ written by Elisa Carbone. The prerequisites include credence‚ collaboration‚ and companionship. A kind orientation results in
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Abstract Asian miracle was the most spectacular period that saw the Asian continent turned into a powerhouse. There were similarities in the factors that led to growth in the economies key among them being innovation‚ entrepreneurship and good policies adopted the governments in place in ensuring the continuity of the upward trend in economic growth. There were differences especially in strategies adopted by different countries in the region especially on matters pertaining to trade and education
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Philosophy- “A belief in miracles leads to the concept of a god who favors some but not all his creation” The problem with miracles is that it cannot be properly defined which means there is no absolute meaning for a meaning‚ instead my philosophers have attempted to define miracles in their own way. In these definition they are usually for or against the existence of miracles‚ for example take two contrasting definitions Ward and Hume. Ward says miracles are events which god intervenes because
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Summer Book Report Title: Miracle’s Boys Author: Jacqueline Woodson Copyright Date: 2000 Number of Pages: 133 Setting: Manhatten ‚New York Main Characters: Lafayette -12‚ Charlie -15‚ and Ty’ree -22 Summary: The story is about Lafayette who’s relationship with his older brother had changed ever since he came out of a detention home. Charlie blames Lafayette for the death of his mother‚ Milagro. Thier father‚ Lafayette had also died before Lafayette was born. Ever since Charlie
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but instead pushes her harder to keep persisting for her identity as a Blackfoot. Besides persistence‚ there is also the story of acknowledging the presence of other cultures and that their identities matter too. The narrator of “Yin Chin” by Lee Miracle takes us on the journey of realizing as an indigenous person in a Chinese community living in Canada‚ both the narrator and Chinese people are a minority. It hits the narrator “How unkind the world is to school them in ignorance” and build a society
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Muslims consider the Qur’an‚ the holy book of Islam‚ as the word of God and a miracle.[1] According to Islamic tradition‚ the Qur’an was revealed miraculously to Muhammad by Allah (God) through angel‚ Jibrīl (Gabriel)‚ as a perfect‚ verbatim copy of what was written in heaven and that had existed there for all of eternity.[2] The Qur’an states that Muhammad neither read a book nor wrote a book [Quran 29:48] and that he did not know about past events [Quran 3:44][11:49][28:44].[3] So‚ from a widely
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