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WorksheetsAS arguments for the existence of God
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 22mins
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
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
The main question that the Cosmological Argument seeks to answer is: "Why is there _______ rather than _____?"
(a)
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
Leibniz called this need for full explanations as the:
"Principle of sufficient reason"
"Rejection of infinite regress"
"Product of perfect explanation"
"Need for proper reasons"
Bertrand Russell argued that the universe...
is just 'there' and doesn't need an explanation
doesn't have enough evidence in it to prove God
needs an explanation but God is not it
was caused by scientific processes
Russell says that, if the universe as a whole has one explanation...
then humans would have one overall mother
then people would disagree with it
then there could be other universes with explanations
then it would be a scientific explanation
When Bertrand Russell argues that just because humans have a mother doesn't mean the human race has a mother - this is essentially called:
the fallacy of composition
the fallacy of causation
the ad hominem fallacy
the fallacy of equivocation
Hume criticises the fact that Aquinas has gone from a necessary being to God. He calls this...
an inductive leap
an a posteriori argument
a knowledge gap
a premise error
The AQA exam board wants you to know, in detail, Aquinas'...
3rd way
1st way
2nd way
4th way
5th way
What type of statements does the cosmological argument use?
synthetic
analytic
Everything cannot rely on...
an infinite chain of beings/things
God
lots of gods working together
something that is always there
Hume also argues that ___________________ could be necessary.
the universe
humans
parents
planet earth
Way 2 argues that there has to be
An Unmoved Mover
A Prime Mover
An Uncaused Cause
A necessary being
Aquinas believes that God is logically necessary. Who else thought that God was logically necessary?
Hume
Anselm
Russell
Design Argument.
Paley
Aquinas
Hume
Paley uses the analogy of...
A rock
An arrow
A watch
We would think a watch was designed because...
It works through chance.
It is complex, ordered and has purpose.
The parts of a watch have been put together randomly.
The Design Argument is...
Inductive
Deductive
A posteriori means...
a concept cannot be known.
a concept is known on the basis of reasoning.
a concept is known on the basis of experience.
a concept is known through feeling.
The design argument is based upon what observation?
the universe is profoundly organized, without which no life could emerge
the universe is in a state of total disorder/chaos
disorganization is the basic state of things
sensory data provides no meaningful access to reality
Design qua purpose means...
Objects in the world are random which suggests it was designed
Objects in the world show order which suggests it was designed
Objects in the world show purpose which suggests it was designed
In which book did Paley present his argument?
Summa Theologica
The Origin of Species
Natural Theology
Why is the Design Argument also known as the Teleological Argument?
Design links to Telos which means goal/purpose
Design links to Theo which means god
Design links to Tele which means vision
Design qua regularity means...
There's order in the world which suggests it was designed
There's purpose in the world which suggests it was designed
There's chaos in the world which suggests it was designed
There's order in the world which suggests it was not designed
a priori means...
concepts cannot be known
a concept is known through experience
a concept is known or justified independent of any experience
a concept can be known through feeling
'A triangle has three sides' is what type of statement?
Synthetic
Analytical
'It is snowing in Austria' is what type of statement?
Synthetic
Analytical
The Ontological Argument.
Paley
St Anselm
St Aquinas
The Ontological Argument.
Inductive
Deductive
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 than which nothing greater can be conceived
That which is the most perfect
That than which nothing more powerful can be conceived
That which is omnibenevloent
Name the writing in which Anselm outlined his OA.
Meditations
Proslogion
The Nature of Necessity
The Critique of Pure Reason
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
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
Why Gaunilo Reply to Anselm?
To confirm Anselm's Theory.
To complete Anselm's work.
On behalf of the fool.
On behalf of God.
What does "the fool" means in the Proslogion.
Ignorants
Those who believe in God
Those who say "There is no God".
A dumb person.
