Philosophy or Religion (4th Quarter Review Test))2023

________ is the science of the origin and development of the universe.

• cosmology

• philosophy

• ontology

• metaphysics

_________arguments attempt to explain the reason for the universe’s

existence.

• Cosmological

• design

• ontological

• moral

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) was one of the first philosophers to develop a Ontological argument. His argument began with the uncontroversial observation that things around us

undergo change.

• True

• False

What is the book of St. Thomas Aquinas offers a more formal version of this argument from change?

• Summa Theologica

• Republic

• Art of War

• SYmposium

Who is the philosopher rejected the idea that whatever

begins to exist must have a cause?

• David Hume

• Alvin Platinga

• Aristotle

• Plato

The _____________states that whatever comes into

being must have an explanation for its existence (including the universe).

• Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR )

• Principle of Identity

• Principle of Causality

• Principle of collaboration

Aquinas’ argument from efficient causality. His

argument proceeds that there must be a First Cause, which is Itself uncaused, and this we know to be

God.

• True

• False

_________ arguments claim that the order

exhibited by the universe indicates it was created by an intelligent Designer.

• Teleological

• Ontological

• Moral

What is the greek word for Design, or teleological which means “end”?

• “telos”

• “helos”

• “pelos”

• “relos”

There are two version of Design argument; the sense of purpose and sense of regularity.

• True

• False