Ontological Argument Quiz

What type of argument claims that we can deduce the existence of God from the concept of God?

• Empirical argument

• Ontological argument

• Cosmological argument

• Teleological argument

What is the nature of the ontological argument according to the text?

• Empirical

• A posteriori

• A priori

• Hypothetical

What is considered a logically necessary truth in the concept of God?

• God is omnipotent

• God is the greatest possible being

• God is omniscient

• God is benevolent

What does Malcolm conclude about God's existence if God does not exist?

• God could come into existence

• God could never exist

• God could exist temporarily

• God could exist conditionally

What does Malcolm argue about a being that depends on something else for its existence?

• It is greater

• It is less great

• It is equally great

• It is not conceivable

What does premise (P5) state about God’s existence?

• God’s existence is necessary.

• God’s existence is impossible only if the concept of God is self-contradictory.

• God cannot come into existence.

• God’s existence is not impossible.

What does Malcolm argue about the claim 'if God exists, then God exists necessarily'?

• It is compatible with God not existing.

• It proves God exists.

• It is a synthetic truth.

• It is a contradiction.

What does premise (P6) state about the concept of God?

• It is self-contradictory.

• It is not self-contradictory.

• It is necessary.

• It is impossible.

What does the concept of God entail according to Malcolm?

• God's existence depends on something

• God's existence does not depend on anything

• God's existence is self-contradictory

• God's existence is logically impossible

What does Malcolm's argument imply about God's existence if God exists?

• God's existence is impossible

• God's existence is necessary

• God's existence is dependent

• God's existence is self-contradictory