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Philosophical Arguments: Motion and Causation

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the argument on motion, what is stated in P1? Fill in the blank: Some things are _______.

a)

moved

b)

created

c)

destroyed

d)

imagined

2.

According to the argument on motion, if something is moved to being F, then it is potentially but not actually F. (P2)

a)

True

b)

False

3.

According to the argument on motion, if something moves a thing to be F, then it (the mover) is in a state of actuality relevant to F. (P3)

a)

True

b)

False

4.

In the argument on motion, what logical rule is used in C1?

a)

Modus tollens

b)

Modus ponens

c)

Disjunctive syllogism

d)

Hypothetical syllogism

5.

According to the argument on motion, is it possible for something to move itself to be F? (C2)

a)

No, it is not possible.

b)

Yes, it is always possible.

c)

Only if it is already in motion.

d)

It depends on external factors.

6.

If something is moved, it is moved by something else. (C3)

a)

True

b)

False

7.

If the series of movers were to go onto infinity, then there would be no ______ mover. (P6)

a)

first

b)

last

c)

second

d)

final

8.

According to the argument on motion, what is the conclusion in C4?

a)

There is a first mover.

b)

Motion is impossible.

c)

Everything is at rest.

d)

There are infinite movers.

9.

According to the argument on causation, what is stated in P1? Fill in the blank: There is an ordered series of ______ causes.

a)

efficient

b)

material

c)

formal

d)

final

10.

If X is an efficient cause of Y, then X is prior to Y. (P2)

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Is it possible for X to be prior to X? (P3)

a)

No, it is not possible.

b)

Yes, it is always possible.

c)

Only if X is undefined.

d)

Only in special cases.

12.

Can X be an efficient cause of itself? (C2)

a)

No, it is not possible.

b)

Yes, in some cases it can.

c)

Only if X is a necessary being.

d)

Yes, if X exists outside of time.

13.

If something is an ordered series of efficient causes, then the first cause causes the immediate cause and the immediate cause causes the last effect. (P4)

a)

True

b)

False

14.

If a cause is removed from an ordered series of efficient causes, what happens to the effects after that cause?

a)

The effects after that cause are removed as well.

b)

The effects before that cause are removed as well.

c)

Nothing happens to the effects after that cause.

d)

The effects after that cause become stronger.

15.

If there were no first cause, then there would be no ______ effects. (C3)

a)

subsequent

b)

random

c)

primary

d)

direct

16.

If an ordered series of efficient causes could precede infinitely, then there would be no first cause.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What is the conclusion in C6 regarding an ordered series of efficient causation?

a)

An ordered series of efficient causation terminates in an uncaused cause.

b)

An ordered series of efficient causation is infinite.

c)

An ordered series of efficient causation terminates in a random event.

d)

An ordered series of efficient causation has no beginning.

18.

Fill in the blank: Some things are able to be ______ or corrupted. (P1)

a)

generated

b)

eaten

c)

painted

d)

measured

19.

If some things are able to be generated or corrupted, then it is possible for those things either to exist or not to exist. (P2)

a)

True

b)

False

20.

It is possible for some things to exist or not to exist.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

If, for each thing, it is possible that it did not exist, then at some time it does not exist. (P3)

a)

True

b)

False

22.

If, for each thing, at some time it does not exist, then sometime nothing exists. (C2)

a)

True

b)

False

23.

If at some time nothing exists, then there would have been nothing to cause another thing to exist. (P4)

a)

True

b)

False

24.

If there had been nothing to cause another being to exist then nothing could have come into existence. (P5)

a)

True

b)

False

25.

If nothing could have come into existence, then nothing would exist even now. (P6)

a)

True

b)

False

26.

But something does exist now. (P7)

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Something could have come into existence. (C3)

a)

True

b)

False

28.

There had to be something to cause another thing to exist. (C4)

a)

True

b)

False

29.

At no time did nothing exist. (C5)

a)

True

b)

False

30.

It is not true that for each thing at some time it does not exist.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

There must be something that is not possible not to exist, that is they must be a ______ being. (C7)

a)

necessary

b)

contingent

c)

finite

d)

temporal

32.

A necessary being has a cause for its necessity from something else or it does not.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

It is not possible for there to be an infinite series of beings with the necessity from something else. (P9)

a)

True

b)

False

34.

There must be some necessary being with its necessity not from something else. (C8)

a)

True

b)

False