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WorksheetsInductive argument
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
The Cosmological argument has been presented by...
St Thomas Aquinas
St Anselm of Canterbury
Aristotle
St Augustine of Hippo
How many 'ways' does Aquinas present as proofs of God?
5
3
2
6
How many of Aquinas' ways are cosmological arguments?
3
2
1
5
What type of argument is Aquinas' third way? (select multiple options then press submit at the bottom)
a priori
a posteriori
inductive
deductive
The cosmological argument is written in Aquinas' book...
Summa Theologica
Proslogion
Fear and Trembling
The Republic
A contingent thing...
doesn't have to exist
has to exist
is caused by God
is moved by God
The universe is therefore also contingent, so at one point nothing existed. This means there must be a...
necessary being
contingent being
uncaused causer
unmoved mover
The first way is...
(a)
The second way is
(a)
The third way is
(a)
The main question that the Cosmological Argument seeks to answer is: "Why is there _______ rather than _____?"
(a)
What is the phrase that suggests that there doesn't need to be a first cause, the chain of causes can go back forever
(a)
The Islamic version of the CA is called the...
Kalam Cosmological Argument
Salah Cosmological Argument
Ghazali Cosmological Argument
Koran Cosmological Argument
Both Aquinas and Aristotle talk about things moving from a state of what??
potentiality
actuality
eventuality
causality
What is the name of the third party that allows the movement from potentiality to actuality?
efficient cause
efficient creator
efficient being
efficient cake
Anthony Kenny first declared 'wrecking the first way?'
True
False
What does fallacy of composition mean?
A notion that what is true of one part is not necessarily true of the whole
There is not enough evidence to say whether the universe had a cause
The universe is unique, no analogy is sufficient to explain its origins
This term generally refers to the end, or goal, or purpose.
Teleological
Televisual
Deontological
William Paley was writing in what period?
1743-1804
1780-1840
1804-1890
1921-1990
Who used the term Anthropic?
Tennant
Tenet
Hume
Darwin
When was David Hume writing?
1711-1776
1690-1745
1776-1845
