Week 5

Question 0

analogy

Answer 0

similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

Question 1

action

Answer 1

a special type of event originated by persons understood as “agents,” that is, conscious beings with intentions

Question 2

big bang theory

Answer 2

cosmological argument that describes the beginning of the universe as an explosion (bang) after which all of the matter in our universe began expanding outwards from the explosion creating the planets, moons, and stars of all galaxies

Question 3

causality

Answer 3

a method that seeks to determine the nature and attributes of God by seeking to understand effects present in the world that are assumed to have been caused by God (i.e. things in creation that point to the ultimate cause, God)

Question 4

cosmological

Answer 4

e branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and general structure of the universe, with its parts, elements, and laws, and especially with such of its characteristics as space, time, causality, and freedom

Question 5

debauchery

Answer 5

excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

Question 6

epistemology

Answer 6

the study of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity

Question 7

ex-nihilo

Answer 7

from Latin, meaning “out of nothing”

Question 8

metaphysics

Answer 8

division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology

Question 9

philosophy

Answer 9

discipline comprising as its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology