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Who claimed to have come up with deductive proof of God's existence through the ontological argument?
Thomas Aquinas
Anselm of Canterbury
Plato
Aristotle
What was Thomas Aquinas' main critique of Anselm's argument?
It was not original
It was too complex
It lacked empirical evidence
It was too simple
How many arguments did Thomas Aquinas construct to prove God's existence?
Three
Four
Six
Five
What are Aquinas' first four arguments collectively known as?
Ontological arguments
Epistemological arguments
Cosmological arguments
Theological arguments
What does the Argument from Motion suggest?
Motion does not require a cause
Everything that moves was moved by something else
Motion is an illusion
Objects can move themselves
What is the main idea behind the Argument from Causation?
Effects can cause themselves
Causation is an outdated concept
Causes are not necessary for effects
Every effect has a cause
What distinguishes a contingent being according to Aquinas?
It exists necessarily and cannot not exist
It cannot exist without a cause
It has the ability to cause itself
It exists independently of any cause
What does Aquinas argue is necessary to prevent an infinite regress of contingency?
At least one necessary being
An infinite number of universes
A series of contingent beings
An uncaused cause
What is the main critique against Aquinas' cosmological arguments?
They are too simplistic to be true
They only apply to the physical world and not to abstract concepts
They prove too much, suggesting multiple gods could exist
They rely on outdated scientific concepts
What is the Argument from Degrees based on?
The necessity of a first mover
The idea that everything must have a cause
The concept of necessary and contingent beings
The existence of varying degrees of properties
