Philosophy of Religion Review Test (4th Quarter 2024) Period A

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

• cosmology
• ontology
• philosophy
• metaphysics

_________arguments attempt to explain the reason for the universe’s existence.

• ontological
• Cosmological
• design
• 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
• Art of War
• Republic
• Symposium

Who is the philosopher rejected the idea that whatever begins to exist must have a cause?

• David Hume
• Aristotle
• Alvin Platinga
• 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 Causality
• Principle of Identity
• 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
• Moral
• Ontological

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

• “telos”
• “pelos”
• “helos”
• “relos”

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

• True
• False