FYS 101 – Faith and Reason Craig pages 111-120 Reading Quiz

The first premise in the kalam Cosmological Argument is:

• Everything in the universe is contingent.

• Whatever begins to exist has a cause.

• The universe has existed for a finite amount of time.

What does creatio ex nihilo mean?

• created by the supernatural

• created out of nothingness

• created from energy

The “tunneling” model that Vilenkin proposes is an example of work in

• astronomy.

• quantum physics.

• neural networks.

By definition, a collection that is tending towards infinity as a limit but never gets there is a/an

• cardinal number.

• Cantor set.

• potential infinity.

What object does Hilbert use in his famous illustration of the absurdities of an actual infinity?

• a train

• a hotel

• a house

Assume that every room is full in Hilbert’s hotel, so there are an infinite number of guests staying. If all the guests in the even-numbered rooms check out, how many guests would remain?

• 0 guests

• an infinite number of guests

• an odd number of guests