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WorksheetsOntological argument
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 9mins
The Ontological Argument.
Paley
St Anselm
St Aquinas
The Ontological Argument.
Inductive
Deductive
Anselm has this many premises.
1
2
3
4
The Ontological Argument does not rely on:
Reasoning
Omnipotence
Empirical Evidence
Gaunilo believed in God.
True
False
Gaunilo said that based on St Anselm's original version of the Ontological Argument, anything could be conceived in our minds to exist.
True
False
Gaunilo referred to...
A perfect pony
A perfect island
A perfect cake
How Does Anselm Describe God?
That which is the most perfect
That than which nothing greater can be conceived
That than which nothing more powerful can be conceived
That which is omnibenevloent
What is the meaning of ontological?
Concerned with perfection
Concerned with presence
Concerned with power
Concerned with being
According to Anselm, how must God exist if he is the greatest possible being?
In the mind and in reality
In the mind
In reality
He doesn't exist
In Gaunilo's criticism of the Ontological Argument, what example does he use?
A sea
A world
An Island
A planet
What was Gaunilo's objection to Anselm?
God doesn't exist
God exists, and so perfect islands exist
I can conceive of a perfect island, but this does not exist
Perfect islands exist
What does "the fool" means in the Proslogion.
Ignorants
Those who believe in God
Those who say "There is no God".
A dumb person.
Name the philosopher who developed the other traditional form of the OA.
Descartes
Plantinga
Anselm
Malcolm
How does Descartes describe God?
A supremely powerful being
A supremely great being
A supremely benevolent being
A supremely perfect being
Name the writing in which Anselm outlined his OA.
Meditations
Proslogion
The Nature of Necessity
The Critique of Pure Reason
A Priori and Deductive arguments base their reasoning on ...
Logic
Experience
Evidence
Prediction
A posteriori and Inductive arguments base their reasoning on ...
Logic
Experience
Evidence
Prediction
According to Anselm, God must be ...
Necessary
Contingent
A contingent being is a being which ...
Is not dependent on someone or something else to exist
Is dependent on someone or something else to exist
What example does Descartes use to explain his OA?
Rectangle
Triangle
Square
Circle
Which of the following thinkers responded directly to Anselm's OA?
Gaunilo
Kant
Russell
Davies
Which of the following thinkers responded directly to Descartes' OA?
Gaunilo
Kant
Russell
Davies
