Cosmological argument - OCR RS

What type of argument is Aquinas' Cosmological argument?

• Empirical & analytical

• Theoretical & synthetic

• A priori & deductive

• A posteriori & inductive

According to Aquinas' 1st way, what must there have been to start motion?

• An infinite series of motions

• A random event without a cause

• A first mover that was itself unmoved

• A self-moving object

What does Hume criticize about the causal principle?

• It is universally accepted

• It is not analytically true

• It is irrelevant to philosophy

• It is empirically disproven

What does the causal principle claim?

• All causes are effects of prior events

• Causes are unnecessary for events

• Events can occur without causes

• Every event has a cause

What is the nature of a necessary being according to Aquinas' 3rd way?

• It exists only in theory

• It may or may not exist depending on conditions

• It is dependent on other beings

• It must exist and does not depend on anything else

What does Hume say about the concept of a necessary being?

• It is a meaningless concept

• It is a fundamental truth

• It is proven by empirical evidence

• It is widely accepted in philosophical circles

What does the masked man fallacy illustrate?

• All criminals wear masks

• Identity can always be proven

• We can conceive of the impossible

• Masks prevent proper identification

What does W. L. Craig use to argue against the possibility of an actual infinite?

• Hilbert's Hotel paradox

• The Big Bang theory

• Newton's laws of motion

• Einstein's theory of relativity

What is the fallacy of composition as applied in the cosmological argument?

• Ignoring the differences between parts

• Assuming the whole is simpler than its parts

• Focusing only on individual parts

• Assuming what is true of parts is true of the whole

According to Aquinas, what cannot exist in an infinite amount?

• Time

• Matter

• Energy

• Space