TRUE OR FALSE? 1 point each
SELECT: 4
Q: Philosophy of religion attempts to evaluate the reasoning behind the claim that God exists.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A
POINTS: 1
TYPE: MC

Q: Arguments for God that begin with the observation that natural things appear to have a design or plan are called ontological arguments.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B
POINTS: 1
TYPE: MC

Q: Hume gave cosmological and teleological arguments in support of the existence of God.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B
POINTS: 1
TYPE: MC

Q: The teleological argument is also known as the argument from design.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A
POINTS: 1
TYPE: MC

Q: Arguments for God that begin with the observation of things in the world and laws of nature are a posteriori.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A
POINTS: 1
TYPE: MC

Q: Anselm gave cosmological and teleological arguments in support of the existence of God.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: B
POINTS: 1
TYPE: MC

Q: Thomas Aquinas gave cosmological and teleological arguments in support of the existence of God.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A
POINTS: 1
TYPE: MC

FILL IN BLANKS 1 point each
SELECT: 5
Q: _______________________ said there's a difference between "order" and "design", because "design" implies intentional 
processes (consciousness) whereas order can happen without any consciousness intending it. 
A. Kant
B. Immanuel Kant
C. Emmanuel Kant
ANSWER: A, Kant, B, Immanuel Kant, C, Emmanuel Kant
POINTS: 1
TYPE: FB

Q: The medieval philosopher who gave cosmological and teleological arguments for God was ___________________________.
A. Aquinas
B. Thomas Aquinas
C. St. Thomas Aquinas
D. San Tomas Aquino
ANSWER: A, Aquinas, B, Thomas Aquinas, C, St. Thomas Aquinas, D, San Tomas Aquino
POINTS: 1
TYPE: FB

Q: The theistic argument that claims, in effect, that the statement "God exists" is true a priori is the ________________________________ argument.
A. ontological
ANSWER: ontological
POINTS: 1
TYPE: FB

Q: ______________________________ argued that the ontological argument wrongly assumes that existence is a property (predicate) like any other.
A. Kant
B. Immanuel Kant
C. Emmanuel Kant
ANSWER: A, Kant, B, Immanuel Kant, C, Emmanuel Kant
POINTS: 1
TYPE: FB

Q: ______________________________ was the medieval philosopher famous for his formulation of the ontological argument.
A. Anselm
B. Saint Anselm
C. St. Anselm
D. Anselm of Canterbury
E. St. Anselm of Canterbury
ANSWER: A, Anselm,  B,  Saint Anselm, C, St. Anselm, D, Anselm of Canterbury, E, St. Anselm of Canterbury
POINTS: 1
TYPE: FB

Q: The view that God exists is called ___________________________.
A. theism
ANSWER: A, theism
POINTS: 1
TYPE: FB

Q: ____________________________ arguments use as a premise the claim that the series of causes or motions cannot extend infinitely.
A. cosmological
B. a posteriori
ANSWER: A, cosmological, B, a posteriori
POINTS: 1
TYPE: FB

ESSAYS 2 points each
SELECT: 2
Q: Descartes was aware of all the usual cosmological and teleological arguments for God, but he doesn't
 use them anywhere in the Meditations, even though a primary goal of the work was to demonstrate 
 the existence of God. Why doesn't Descartes employ cosmological and teleological arguments in the 
 Meditations?
FEEDBACK: Cosmological and teleological arguments are a posteriori; i.e., they depend on facts 
about the material universe as revealed through the senses (that everything in the universe is caused, has
 a mover, is organized according to what looks like a plan).  Until the very end of the Meditations,
 Descartes does not know there IS a material universe revealed through the senses, so he can't employ 
 arguments that make that assumption.  Therefore Descartes must use a priori arguments, such as the 
 Ontological Argument.
POINTS: 2
TYPE: ES

Q: Explain clearly why Kant objected to the ontological argument.
FEEDBACK: The ontological argument assumes that existence is a property just like other properties. Kant
 shows that putting existence in the same category as other properties (such as omniscience, omnipotence,
 etc.) is a category mistake.  Other properties PRESUPPOSE existence; one can't BE omniscient unless one
 first IS. So "existence is not a predicate" like other predicates.
POINTS: 2
TYPE: ES

Q: Explain the difference between a priori and a posteriori arguments for God.
FEEDBACK: An a priori argument for God attempts to prove the existence of God without reference to
 the senses or experience or experiment.  The Ontological Argument is a priori because it tries to
 show that the statement "God exists" is true by definition. An a posteriori argument for God tries
 to show that God exists because of features of the material world as revealed through the senses (that
 everything in the universe is caused, has a mover, is organized according to what looks like a plan). Cosmological and teleological arguments are a posteriori.
POINTS: 2
TYPE: ES