Chapter 2 Key Terms

Question 1

Posteriori Argument

Answer 1

Is based on premises that can only be known through experience

Question 2

Teleological Argument

Answer 2

the complexity and order of the natural world is evidence of an intelligent creator, or God

Question 3

Theodicy

Answer 3

the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil.

Question 4

Agnostic

Answer 4

a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God

Question 5

Priori Argument

Answer 5

Is based on premises that do not need to be experienced

Question 6

Ontological Argument

Answer 6

attempts to prove the existence of God through a deductive process

Question 7

Theist

Answer 7

a person who believes in a creator who intervenes in the universe

Question 8

Evidentialism

Answer 8

one is justified to believe something if and only if that person has evidence which supports said belief.

Question 9

Cosmological Argument

Answer 9

God exists because the universe exists

Question 10

Argument from evil

Answer 10

the existence of evil is incompatible with the existence of God

Question 11

Atheist

Answer 11

someone who does not believe in the existence of a god or gods

Question 12

Person

Answer 12

A rational, independent being.

Question 13

Universe

Answer 13

the entirety of space, time, and all of their contents, including all matter, energy, and structures

Question 14

Cosmos

Answer 14

the universe seen as a well-ordered whole

Question 15

Contingent

Answer 15

Things that are possible, or could be, but do not exist

Question 16

Model

Answer 16

representation of some object, behavior, or system that one wants to understand.

Question 17

Well-being

Answer 17

To be full of being

Question 18

Essence

Answer 18

Non-tangible things that make a thing the way that it is

Question 19

Existence

Answer 19

the fact or state of living or having objective reality.