Quiz#2

Question 0

Epistemic

Answer 0

Reasons for thinking a claim is true or false

Question 1

What is Pascal’s Wager?

Answer 1

We cannot know God through reason but we can have a pragmatic reason for believing.

Question 2

Pragmatic

Answer 2

Reasons for thinking there is some practical benefit for believing.

Question 3

What are the assumptions of pascal wager

Answer 3

It is advantageous to believe in God

Question 4

What is James argument for pragmatic faith

Answer 4

We can be justified in making a leap of faith when there is no evidence and the choice is a genuine option.

Question 5

What is evidentialism and how does it relate to the question of gods existence ?

Answer 5

Evidentialism is believing only if there’s sufficient evidence. Weak atheism, we shouldn’t believe in God because there is not sufficient evidence.

Question 6

When according to James. Is it justified to make a leap of faith?

Answer 6

We can be justified to make a leap of faith when there is no evidence and the choice is a genuine option

Question 7

Genuine option

Answer 7

Live - believe both alternatives are possible
Forced - believe or not believe
Momentous- the decision matters

Question 8

Moral evil

Answer 8

Human actions

Question 9

Natural evil

Answer 9

Nature

Question 10

Free will defense

Answer 10

Gods intervention would take away our free will

Question 11

Soul-making defense

Answer 11

Evil is necessary in order to cultivate human virtues and morally

Question 12

Good requires evil

Answer 12

To understand good we must understand evil

Question 13

Mysterious defense

Answer 13

We just don’t know why God allows evil

Question 14

Best of all possible worlds

Answer 14

A perfect God could have only created the best possible world

Question 15

Ad hoc hypothesis

Answer 15

Claim to defend original claim

Question 16

Cosmological argument

Answer 16

If the universe exist God must exist

Question 17

Classical cosmological argument premises and conclusion

Answer 17

Everything that exists must be cause by something else
There cannot be an infinite series of causes
C) there exists an uncaused, first cause
C) the uncaused, first cause is God
Invalid

Question 18

Kalam

Answer 18

Whatever begins to exist has a cause
The universe began to exist
The universe has a cause

Question 19

Design argument

Answer 19

Human artifacts like the world are intricate and purposeful
Human artifacts have intelligent designer
Therefore the world must have intelligent designer

Question 20

What type of argument is the design argument?

Answer 20

Arguments by analogy

Question 21

Objections to design argument by Hume

Answer 21

Humes points there are too many differences and little in common between the two being compared.and that the designer does not have to be God