VP

Question 1

The verification principle

Answer 1

A sentence is meaningful if and only if either

(1) it is tautological/analytic or

(2) it is verifiable using experience

Question 2

Verification Principle applied to religious language

Answer 2

Cognitively meaningless because it does not meet either condition in the VP

Question 3

Verification principle applied to moral language

Answer 3

Cognitively meaningless because it does not meet either condition in the VP

Question 4

Verification principle applied to mental language

Answer 4

Cognitively meaningful but only if it is seen as referring to outward empirically verifiable behaviour