key words Flashcards
omniscient
all-knowing
omnipresent
present everywhere
omnibenevolent
all-loving
omnipotent
all-powerful
incarnation
taking human, physical form
eternal
living forever, no beginning or end
transcendent
above and beyond the physical world
immanent
present in our physical world
a priori
without or prior to experience, used in a ontological argument, based on acquired knowledge, independent or prior to experience
a posteriori
on the basis of experience, used in a cosmological argument, based on experience and empirical evidence
cumulative arguments
a collection of arguments that when formed together create a stronger argument than when the arguments stand alone
inductive arguments
argument constructed on possibly true premesis reaching a logically probable and persuasive conclusion
deductive arguments
an argument where if the premesis are true, the conclusion must be true
empiricism
the view that the dominant foundation of knowledge is experience.
atemporal
existing outside time
probability
the likelihood of something happening or being true
classical theism
belief in a personal deity, creator of everything that exists, who is distinct from that creation and is sustainer and preserver of the universe
contingent beings
beings that depend upon something else for their existence, they have the property that they need to be or could have been different
necessary beings
beings which if they exist, cannot not exist, not dependent on any other for their existence
infinite regression
a chain of causes or sequence of reasoning that can never come to an end
