Arguments for the existence of God

What is the meaning of the word 'cosmos'?

• the galaxy
• the cosmopolitan
• the universe
• the world

By which method does the Ontological argument try to prove the existence of God?

• a priori
• inductive

Which philosopher argues that the existence of the universe is simply 'brute fact'?

• Frederick Copleston
• Bertrand Russell
• St Thomas Aquinas
• Richard Dawkins

Which philosopher criticises the Ontological argument with the claim that 'you cannot move from definitions into existence'?

• Aquinas
• Hume
• Kant
• Descartes

What is 'the Goldilock's effect' also known as?

• The Aesthetic Principle
• Ockham's Razor
• The Anthropic Principle
• The Epicurean Hypothesis

What example does Gaunilo give in his criticism of Anselm's Ontological argument? 

• The perfect person
• The greatest possible cup of tea
• The perfect island
• The greatest possible person

Which example is given by Hume in his criticism of the Teleological argument to claim 'reductio ad absurdum'?

• Comparing the watch to the world is like comparing Plato's cave to our physical world.
• Comparing the watch to the world is like comparing the human circulatory system with that of a plant.

What is Aquinas' third way?

• The argument from contingency
• The unmoved mover
• The uncaused causer

What is the fallacy of composition?

• The criticism of Paley's watch analogy.
• The argument that Aquinas' analogy of the archer and the arroe is flawed.
• Hume's analogy of the builder and architect.
• The argument that just because causation is perceived in the world on an individual level, it does not mean that there is a cause to the whole series.

Who claimed that 'all existential propositions are synthetic'?

• Copleston
• Hume
• Kant
• Descartes