Philosophy

What is the first cause argument for the existence of God established by Aquinas?

• a.      Nothing needs explaining.

• b. There has to be a first uncaused cause for everything, and this is God

• c. The fact that people have religious experiences proves that there is a God.

Choose the characteristics of the analysis from the universal and particular properties

• Deductive and inductive

• Logical argumentation

• General to specific

• Dualism and tripartism

• Singular and category

Choose one of the options to complete correctly the chart about Dualism and Tripartism

• a.      Body – soul/body – soul - spirit

• b.      yolk-shell / yolk-shell – albumen

• c.       Soul – blues/ soul – blues – mind

Read the statement.

Can you find the error in the argument by choosing the proper option?

Paley’s teleological argument is: just as the function and complexity of a watch implies a watch-maker, so likewise the watch (universe) is only one possible form of many possible combinations and so it's a chance event.

 

• a.      Perfection is not required.

• b.      The watch (universe) is too complex and organized to be a product of chance

• c.       Once we establish that the universe is designed, only then we can [optionally] discuss other aspects of this argument.

If God is all good, then He wants to stop evil

If God is powerful, then, He can stop evil

However, there is evil

Conclusion:

• Therefore, there isn’t an all-powerful and all-good God

• None is righteous, no, not one, so without regret, there’s no mercy of God.

• Evil exists because we exist. We have free will to make choices. 

Define ethic

• a.     the discipline of dealing with what is good and bad, with moral duty and obligation

• b.     A set of moral principles or values

• c. The principle of conduct governing an individual or group

Define meta ethics

• a. The branch of philosophy that studies good and bad

• b. The branch of philosophy that studies rationality and human freedom.

• c. The branch of philosophy that studies the meaning, nature, and possibility of knowledge of ethical and moral phenomena.

• d. The branch of philosophy that studies the history of ethical and moral phenomena.

Observe the diagram and draw the answer in the blank space.

Which of these statements supports the design argument for the existence of God?

• Everything is so complex that there has to be one designer of everything. (Palley W)

• Everything has evolved naturally by chance. (Walley P)

• Complexity does not necessarily mean there is design. (Palley T)

Speech acts that are tied to the truth of the proposition expressed, for example; stating, boasting, and complaining are speech acts according to theory?

• Russel

• John. R. Searle

• Aristotele

• John. L. Austin