Bancroft - Anselm's Ontological Argument

The argument which argues that everything has a cause, and God must be the first cause is called...

• Cosmological Argument

• Teleological Argument

• Ontological Argument

• Empirical Argument

He argued that God must be the first cause of the universe

• Aquinas

• Plato

• Hume

• Paley

Another name for the Teleological Argument is...

• Design Argument

• Purpose Argument

• Complexity Argument

• Ontological Argument

In an INDUCTIVE argument, if the premises are accepted then the conclusion is

• Probable

• Certain

In a DEDICTIVE argument, if the premises are accepted then the conclusion is

• Probable

• Certain

Which of the following is an example of a DEDUCTIVE argument?

• All men are mortal

  Socrates is a man

  Therefore, Socrates is mortal

• Sasha was ill yesterday

  Sasha is ill today

  Therefore, Sasha will be ill tomorrow

St ______ attempts to prove the existence of God in an argument known as the ___________ argument

Which of the following statements apply to the ontological argument?

• It is an argument from reason

• It is an inductive argument

• It argues God must be that than which nothing greater can be thought

• It argues that we can only be partly sure that God exists

He argued against the ontological argument

• Gaunilo

• Paley

• Plato

• Aristotle

What was the analogy used by Gaunilo to critique the ontological argument?

• Perfect island

• Watch and watchmaker

• Archer and arrow

• The problem of evil and suffering