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Year 13 - Miracles

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12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word describes a theory of truth which corresponds to the state of affairs in reality?

realism

anti-realism

subjective

deductive

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Miracles

Philosophy

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word describes a theory of truth which coheres with what is accepted in the community?

realism

anti-realism

objective

inductive

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Miracles

Philosophy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which philosopher argued that a miracles is a "transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity or by the interposition of some invisible agent"?

David Hume

Maurice Wiles

Paul Tillich

RF Holland

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Philosophy

Miracles

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which philosophers follow a realist definition of miracles - that they describe events whose truth depends on whether they happened in reality? Select all that apply.

David Hume

Richard Swinburne

Nigel Warburton

RF Holland

Paul Tillich

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Philosophy

Miracles

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which philosophers follow an anti-realist definition of miracles - that they describe events whose truth depends on whether people see them as miraculous.

David Hume

Richard Swinburne

Nigel Warburton

RF Holland

Paul Tillich

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Philosophy

Miracles

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What did Hume mean when he rejected miracles, saying "No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish"?

It must be more likely that the miracle occurred than that the story is made up.

All miracle stories are unlikely.

I think, therefore I am

Miracle stories have not been witnessed by enough people.

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Philosophy

Miracles

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who would describe miracles as astonishing events that point to the mystery of being?

David Hume

Richard Swinburne

Maurice Wiles

Paul Tillich

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Philosophy

Miracles

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