WorksheetsPhilosophical Arguments: Motion and Causation
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
According to the argument on motion, what is stated in P1? Fill in the blank: Some things are _______.
moved
created
destroyed
imagined
According to the argument on motion, if something is moved to being F, then it is potentially but not actually F. (P2)
True
False
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)
True
False
In the argument on motion, what logical rule is used in C1?
Modus tollens
Modus ponens
Disjunctive syllogism
Hypothetical syllogism
According to the argument on motion, is it possible for something to move itself to be F? (C2)
No, it is not possible.
Yes, it is always possible.
Only if it is already in motion.
It depends on external factors.
If something is moved, it is moved by something else. (C3)
True
False
If the series of movers were to go onto infinity, then there would be no ______ mover. (P6)
first
last
second
final
According to the argument on motion, what is the conclusion in C4?
There is a first mover.
Motion is impossible.
Everything is at rest.
There are infinite movers.
According to the argument on causation, what is stated in P1? Fill in the blank: There is an ordered series of ______ causes.
efficient
material
formal
final
If X is an efficient cause of Y, then X is prior to Y. (P2)
True
False
Is it possible for X to be prior to X? (P3)
No, it is not possible.
Yes, it is always possible.
Only if X is undefined.
Only in special cases.
Can X be an efficient cause of itself? (C2)
No, it is not possible.
Yes, in some cases it can.
Only if X is a necessary being.
Yes, if X exists outside of time.
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)
True
False
If a cause is removed from an ordered series of efficient causes, what happens to the effects after that cause?
The effects after that cause are removed as well.
The effects before that cause are removed as well.
Nothing happens to the effects after that cause.
The effects after that cause become stronger.
If there were no first cause, then there would be no ______ effects. (C3)
subsequent
random
primary
direct
If an ordered series of efficient causes could precede infinitely, then there would be no first cause.
True
False
What is the conclusion in C6 regarding an ordered series of efficient causation?
An ordered series of efficient causation terminates in an uncaused cause.
An ordered series of efficient causation is infinite.
An ordered series of efficient causation terminates in a random event.
An ordered series of efficient causation has no beginning.
Fill in the blank: Some things are able to be ______ or corrupted. (P1)
generated
eaten
painted
measured
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)
True
False
It is possible for some things to exist or not to exist.
True
False
If, for each thing, it is possible that it did not exist, then at some time it does not exist. (P3)
True
False
If, for each thing, at some time it does not exist, then sometime nothing exists. (C2)
True
False
If at some time nothing exists, then there would have been nothing to cause another thing to exist. (P4)
True
False
If there had been nothing to cause another being to exist then nothing could have come into existence. (P5)
True
False
If nothing could have come into existence, then nothing would exist even now. (P6)
True
False
But something does exist now. (P7)
True
False
Something could have come into existence. (C3)
True
False
There had to be something to cause another thing to exist. (C4)
True
False
At no time did nothing exist. (C5)
True
False
It is not true that for each thing at some time it does not exist.
True
False
There must be something that is not possible not to exist, that is they must be a ______ being. (C7)
necessary
contingent
finite
temporal
A necessary being has a cause for its necessity from something else or it does not.
True
False
It is not possible for there to be an infinite series of beings with the necessity from something else. (P9)
True
False
There must be some necessary being with its necessity not from something else. (C8)
True
False
