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HZT4U Metaphysics Test Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

William Paley's argument states that the order that characterizes the universe must have been designed and set in motion by a supreme being.

a)

ontological argument

b)

cosmological argument

c)

teleological argument

d)

deism

2.

Which philosopher wrote about the the Euthyphro dilemma in addressing the relationshop between God, good & evil?

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Thomas Aquinas

c)

Aristotle

d)

Plato

3.

Thinking is nothing more than electro chemical material reactions in the brain. What theory is this which is associated with Thomas Hobbes & Gilbert Ryle?

a)

materialism

b)

idealism

c)

libertarianism

d)

solipism

4.

He is an agnostic believes we do not have enough information to make an informed decision or some believe we are not meant to understand whether a supreme being exists.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

Thomas Aquinas

d)

Thomas Henry Huxley

5.

Aquinas' argument states a supreme being must exist because of the chain of causes must have a beginning.

a)

fideism

b)

cosmological argument

c)

ontological argument

d)

deism

6.

Fideism speaks that an individual must take a leap of faith to understand God's existence.

a)

Soren Kierkegaard

b)

Friedrich Nietzsche

c)

Blaise Pascal

d)

Batman

7.

Deists believe that God does not interfere with the world, answer prayers or create miracles. Who is connected to this theory?

a)

Hume

b)

Marx

c)

Laplace

d)

Voltaire

8.

Berkeley and Vasubandhu believe that thoughts, and in fact all things, are basically mental not physical

a)

pragmatism

b)

materialism

c)

deism

d)

idealism

9.

Kant believed the idea of time originated in the human mind as a mental construct devised to organize our experiences

a)

objective time

b)

subjective relativity of time

c)

absolute time

d)

zen buddhist time

10.

His perceiver relativity argument states out understanding of the relationship between evil and the universe is based in a extremely limited perspective

a)

Mackie

b)

Aquinas

c)

Leibnitz

d)

Hume

11.

Which philosopher is associated with zen buddhist time?

a)

Dogen

b)

Descartes

c)

Hume

d)

Voltaire

12.

He argues religion is an expression of material realities and economic injustice, viewed as the "opiate of the masses"

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

David Hume

c)

Karl Marx

d)

JL Mackie

13.

Which of these is not an example of a supporter of theism

a)

Soren Kierkegaard

b)

William Paley

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Thomas Aquinas

14.

Newton believed in absolute time which is the belief time is independent of events.

a)

absolute time

b)

zen buddist time

c)

subjective relativity of time

d)

objective relativity of time

15.

William James support of truth is what works by experience

a)

logical positivism

b)

pragmatism

16.

Things are morally good or bad, permissible, or prohibited, solely because of God’s will or commands it.

a)

teleological argument

b)

Euthyphyro Dilemma

c)

divine command theory

d)

Pascal's Wasger

17.

The logical argument from evil argued on the basis of the free will defence comes from...

a)

JL Mackie

b)

John Paul Sartre

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Pierre Laplace

18.

Hume noted that religion often point to these as credibility of their religious doctrines.

a)

none of these options

b)

explanations by theologians

c)

sacred texts

d)

miracles

19.

Bertrand Russell or Auguste Comte would say that only knowledge that is arrived empirically is scientifically valuable

a)

pragmatism

b)

logical positivism

20.

A division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being.

a)

political philosophy

b)

metaphysics

c)

ethics

d)

logic

21.

A disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of a supreme being.

a)

agnosticism

b)

theism

c)

atheism

22.

Believes in the idea of free will in the sense the agent is an originator of causal chains

a)

libertarianism

b)

determinism

23.

Anselm's theory that God exists because God must exist as existence is a feature of perfection.

a)

fideism

b)

deism

c)

cosmological argument

d)

ontological argument

24.

Pascal's Wager is significant to philosophy as it

a)

examines the nature of time

b)

examines the nature of religious belief

c)

examines the relationship between mind and body

d)

examines the nature of the soul

25.

This theory operates on that every event is an instance of some law of nature, a complete absence of free will.

a)

determinism

b)

libertarianism