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The Great Philosophy Quiz - Let's Plato!
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1How did Platonic theories of the Forms influence Christianity? Select the applicable:
- AChristians go on a pilgrimage where they are imprisoned in a cave but then escape and are blinded by the sun!
- BDualist principles adopted by Christians for heaven and earth
- CAquinas, like many Christians, believe in levels of knowledge that humans can't access for instance Thommist Divine Law.
- DChristians have adopted the Prime Mover as their demiurge God.
- EChristians liken the Form of the Good to God.
2Aristotle defined change as the movement from the possible to the actual.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
3Select the strengths of Aristotle's causation:
- A4 causes are easily applicable to everything material
- BRussell - "the universe is just there, that's all"
- CBased on empirical evidence
- DExplains change and cosmology effectively with evidence
4Weaknesses of Plato
- ACan't actually be proved and ignores the senses
- BDoesn't account for subjective perfections of vritues
- CIs there an ideal evil?
- DAristotle - infinite regression
- EExclusive and elitist
5How did Aristotelian causation influence Christianity? Select the applicable:
- AThe transcendence of the Prime Mover
- BThe existence of the Prime Mover (but a Christian one)
- CThe cosmological argument
- DThe 4 causes, especially the Final cause, influenced Aquinas' work on Natural Law.
6Weaknesses of Aristotle:
- AContradictory - everything has a cause apart from the Prime Mover
- BRussell - "the universe is just there, that's all"
- CThe 4 causes are only applicable to a few examples
7Aristotle describe the Prime Mover as
"That which nothing greater can be conceived"- AVerdadero
- BFalso
8Plato believed that the Realm of the Forms could only be accessed by the King Philosopher - a philosopher with a great power to reason and understand.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
9Strengths of Plato's Forms:
- AExplains virtues as well as material objects
- BExplains innate knowledge
- CEncourages thought and learning
- DBased on empirical evidence
- EExplains imperfection
10The Form of the Good is the ultimate Form and illuminates the other Forms.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
11Select all the attributes relating to the Judeo-Christian God
- AImmutable
- BOmniscient
- CTranscendent
- DOmnipotent
- EEvil
- FEternal and omniprsent
12Which Platonic theory does the Judeo-christian God liken to?
- AThe King Philosopher
- BThe Form of the Good
13As God's creation is good, God is seen to be morally perfect
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
14An example of God as a law-giver is the [blank_start]Decalogue[blank_end]
An example of God as a judge in Matthew is the [blank_start]parable of the sheep and the goats[blank_end]
An example of God as source of morality is [blank_start]Jesus[blank_end]- ADecalogue
- BJesus
- CParable of the sheep and the goats
- Dparable of the sheep and the goats
- EDecalogue
- FJesus
- GJesus
- HDecalogue
- IParable of the sheep and the goats
15Genesis 1 talks about mans relationship with man and Genesis 2 talks about God creation of the universe through Divine Fiat.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
16Jesus is the [blank_start]incarnation[blank_end] of God
- Aincarnation
17The quotation "So God expelled them from the Garden of Eden" is a reference to [blank_start]the Fall[blank_end].
- Athe Fall
18The quote "Have you commanded the morning since your days began and cause the dawn to know its place?" (Job 38:12) refers to what attribute of God?
- AOmniscience
- BOmnibenevolence
- COmnipotence
- DOmnipresence
19Theologians argue that God is not responsible for evil in creation because he gave humans [blank_start]free will[blank_end].
- Afree will
20Examples of God's goodness being questionable are;
- AThe Fall and man's punishments
- BJudging people
- CThe Book of Job and the sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis
21God is "that than which [blank_start]nothing greater can be conceived[blank_end]" according to [blank_start]Anselm[blank_end]
- Anothing greater can be conceived
- BAnselm
22The ontological argument is analytical and inductive
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
231) God is a supremely perfect being
2) Existence is a predicate of perfection
3) God exists
This is the argument by which scholar?- ASt Anselm
- BNorman Malcolm
- CDescartes
- DKant
24Select the criticisms of the ontological argument
- AAquinas: It's just too cool for the philosophical world
- BGaunilo: you cant define something into existence
- CMurdoch: the failure to use reason proves God's transcendence
- DKant: Existence isn't a predicate and if you reject God then it's not a contradiction
- ERussell: "the universe is just there, that's all"
25Anselm's first argument:
[blank_start]God is "that than which nothing[blank_end] [blank_start]greater can be conceived"[blank_end]
[blank_start]God exists in intellecta[blank_end]
[blank_start]a being is greater if[blank_end] [blank_start]it exists in re too[blank_end]
[blank_start]God is the greatest[blank_end] [blank_start]so he exists in intellecta[blank_end] [blank_start]and in re: God exists![blank_end]- AGod is "that than which nothing
- Bgreater can be conceived"
- CGod exists in intellecta
- Da being is greater if
- Eit exists in re too
- FGod is the greatest
- Gso he exists in intellecta
- Hand in re: God exists!
26Aquinas' 3 ways are..
1st way: [blank_start]motion[blank_end]
2nd way: [blank_start]cause[blank_end]
3rd way: [blank_start]contingency[blank_end]- Amotion
- Bcause
- Ccontingency
- DTeleological
27Bertrand Russell's counter point in the 1947 Russell vs Copleston debate on BBC radio was...
- AGod is the only sufficient reason for the universe
- BFallacy of Composition
- CThe universe is beyond human understanding
28Which option is the best explanation for the Kalam cosmological argument?
- AThe universe has a cause (PSR) and this is grounded in a necessary being
- BEverything changes thus there was once a time when there was nothing; there has to be a necessary being to bring the contingent beings into existence.
- CEverything with a beginning has a cause; this cause we call God.
29Aquinas' 1st way: motion
[blank_start]Everything is moving[blank_end]
[blank_start]there cant be infinite regression[blank_end]
[blank_start]must have been a first mover[blank_end]- AEverything is moving
- Beverything has a cause
- Ceverything changes
- Dthere cant be infinite regression
- Emust have been a first mover
- Fmust have been a first cause
- Gmust have been a necessary being
30Select the criticisms for the cosmological argument
- AWhy is it the Christian God? (Hume)
- BFallacy of Composition (Hume)
- CBased on evidence (McVities)
- DThe universe is just there, that's all (Russell)
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