It’s like the child who argues with his teacher when told if he doesn’t do the work then he will be in detention. ‘When will it be? I can’t manage after school. I’m with Mr Pallet every lunchtime. Alex isn’t working either but you don’t put him in detention.’ The whole discussion is pointless since they are not in detention yet!!
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Ayer paragraph 1 helpful hints for answering question
a) Clarify / examine the argument and / or interpretation in the passage. [24]
First summarise in your own words what the overall message of the passage is e.g.
In paragraph one Ayer is suggesting that philosophers generally agree that the existence of a transcendent God, the god of Classical Theism, cannot be ‘demonstratively proved’ and that therefore any statements about this kind of God possess no ‘literal significance.’ [Obviously there is more that can be said even in this summary.]
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