Philosophy Quiz 1

Question 1

According to Hume, what is the ultimate source of religious dogmas?

Answer 1

Philosophy

Question 2

According to your text what is that religious philosophers are trying to do?

Answer 2

Trying to continue to make religion based on the principles of reason

Question 3

What does Hume’s Epicurus say about the rules for inferring cause and what effect?

Answer 3

The cause and effect have to be proportionate from each other

Question 4

According to Cleanthes what would need to prove to defend the idea of divine benevolence?

Answer 4

We would need a man to deny misery and wickedness

Question 5

According to Philo, what would be a realistic assessment of the proportion of misery to happiness in life? Explain

Answer 5

There is more misery than happiness