AH RMPS Cosmological and Teleological Recap Quiz

Match the following

• Example of a deductive argument

• An argument in which true premises guarantee a true conclusion. In other words, it is impossible for the premises to be true but the conclusion false.

• Explanation of inductive arguments

• An argument in which premises offer strong support for a conclusion, but one that is not a certainty.

• Example of a inductive argument

• 1. Socrates was a man (premise)

  2. All men are mortal (premise).

  3. Socrates was mortal (conclusion)

• Explanation of deductive arguments

• 1. Socrates was Greek (premise).

  2. Most Greeks eat fish (premise).

  3. Socrates ate fish (conclusion).

Drag these statements to the correct category

Groups:

(a) A priori

,

(b) A posteriori

• The speed of light is 299 792 458 m/s

• Dubai is warmer than Edinburgh

• 1+1=2

• Dave's gran is older than Dave

For the cosmological argument, what are Aquinas's 3 ways?

• Motion, Causation and Contingency

• Design, Motion and Contingency

• Gradation, Causation and Contingency

• Design, Gradation and Motion

In the Argument from Motion, what does Aquinas mean by 'motion'?

• Any kind of change

• Physical movement only

• Change in time

• Change in position

In Aquinas's Argument from Causation, why can't something be the cause of itself?

• 
  Because it would require too many further explanations

• Because it would have to exist before itself to cause itself

• Because it would have to cause to many other things too

• Because it hasn't been observed in a laboratory setting

Which American philosopher is known for popularizing the Kalam Cosmological Argument in the 20th century?

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

• William Lane Craig

• John Hick

• Edwin Hubble

What scientific theory in the 20th century helped popularise the Kalam Cosmological Argument?

• Quantum Mechanics

• Theory of Relativity

• Big Bang Theory

• String Theory

What does Leibniz mean by a 'sufficient reason'?

• A partial explanation

• A scientific explanation

• A religious explanation

• A complete explanation

What is the Teleological argument also commonly known as?

• The Argument from Creation

• The Argument from Purpose

• The Argument from Design

• The Argument from Causation

Reorder the points of Aquinas's Teleological Argument

• Acting towards a purpose is characteristic of intelligence

• Natural objects lack the ability to direct themselves towards a purpose

• Therefore, an intelligent being must be directing natural objects towards a purpose

• 
  This intelligent being is what we call God

• Natural objects act towards a purpose