Question 1

St. Thomas' great project was to wean the medieval church from its rationalist approach to theology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Kierkegaard and St. Thomas would agree that faith must be supported by reason.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Aquinas claims that no thing can be the cause of its own existence because:

Accepted Answer

A)  only God can bring things into existence. 
B)  nothing can be simultaneously potential and actual. 
C)  it couldn't cause itself to exist if it didn't already exist. 
D)  there has to be a first cause. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  only God can bring things into existence. 
B)  nothing can be simultaneously potential and actual. 
C)  it couldn't cause itself to exist if it didn't already exist. 
D)  there has to be a first cause. 
E)  None of the above

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of an infinite regress?

Accepted Answer

A)  If I start with a chocolate bar, and give away half of my chocolate each day, I'll never run out of chocolate. 
B)  If I start a ball rolling, and no outside force acts on it, it will continue rolling forever. 
C)  There is no greatest prime number. 
D)  If my cat had to have other cats as parents, and they in turn had to have cats as their parents, and so on, there could be no first cat in the chain. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  If I start with a chocolate bar, and give away half of my chocolate each day, I'll never run out of chocolate. 
B)  If I start a ball rolling, and no outside force acts on it, it will continue rolling forever. 
C)  There is no greatest prime number. 
D)  If my cat had to have other cats as parents, and they in turn had to have cats as their parents, and so on, there could be no first cat in the chain. 
E)  All of the above

Question 5

Hume sees no difficulty in the possibility of "an eternal succession of objects," without beginning or end. This is meant to be an objection to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Argument from Design. 
B)  the Cosmological Argument. 
C)  the Ontological Argument. 
D)  Kierkegaard's "leap of faith." 
E)  Both B and C 
A)  the Argument from Design. 
B)  the Cosmological Argument. 
C)  the Ontological Argument. 
D)  Kierkegaard's "leap of faith." 
E)  Both B and C

Question 6

Christianity, according to Kierkegaard, is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the fact that God has existed. 
B)  the doctrine of the unity of the divine and the human. 
C)  the claim that subject and object are, in fact, identical. 
D)  a collection of rituals and observances. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  the fact that God has existed. 
B)  the doctrine of the unity of the divine and the human. 
C)  the claim that subject and object are, in fact, identical. 
D)  a collection of rituals and observances. 
E)  None of the above

Question 7

Kierkegaard holds that it's wrong to treat the promise of salvation as "objective."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In order to be saved, according to Kierkegaard, one's faith must be:

Accepted Answer

A)  free from all doubt, including doubt that one is deserving of eternal life. 
B)  held throughout an observant life. 
C)  justified by reason. 
D)  given only after a long period of questioning one's worthiness. 
E)  All of the above 
A)  free from all doubt, including doubt that one is deserving of eternal life. 
B)  held throughout an observant life. 
C)  justified by reason. 
D)  given only after a long period of questioning one's worthiness. 
E)  All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the commonalities between Buddhism and modern science, according to Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, 
B)  Preference for the theory of evolution 
C)  Empirical methodology 
D) Rejection of traditional religious cosmology 
E)  Respect for and protection of all forms of life 
A)  Deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, 
B)  Preference for the theory of evolution 
C)  Empirical methodology 
D) Rejection of traditional religious cosmology 
E)  Respect for and protection of all forms of life

Question 10

Truth, according to Kierkegaard, is achieved by:

Accepted Answer

A)  using rational means to prove a belief. 
B)  using empirical methods to verify a belief. 
C)  showing that the contrary of a belief entails a contradiction. 
D)  possessing a belief that you hold passionately and without doubt. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  using rational means to prove a belief. 
B)  using empirical methods to verify a belief. 
C)  showing that the contrary of a belief entails a contradiction. 
D)  possessing a belief that you hold passionately and without doubt. 
E)  None of the above

Question 11

Sam Harris defines faith as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the ultimate solution to all the world's problems. 
B)  the license to keep believing when reasons fail. 
C)  a supernatural kind of knowledge that is more certain than reason. 
D)  the right and privilege of any free-thinking individual. 
E)  the handmaiden of reason, without which reason would be sterile. 
A)  the ultimate solution to all the world's problems. 
B)  the license to keep believing when reasons fail. 
C)  a supernatural kind of knowledge that is more certain than reason. 
D)  the right and privilege of any free-thinking individual. 
E)  the handmaiden of reason, without which reason would be sterile.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is synthetic?

Accepted Answer

A)  Every triangle has three sides. 
B)  6+7=13 
C)  Every city has a street called "Main." 
D)  No bachelor is married. 
E)  None of the above 
A)  Every triangle has three sides. 
B)  6+7=13 
C)  Every city has a street called "Main." 
D)  No bachelor is married. 
E)  None of the above

Question 13

An interesting property of Anselm's Ontological Argument is that it:

Accepted Answer

A)  shows there can be an infinite regress of causes. 
B)  makes no mention of God. 
C)  incorporates the view that truth is subjective. 
D)  relies upon faith, rather than reason. 
E)  attempts to derive God's existence from the mere concept of God. 
A)  shows there can be an infinite regress of causes. 
B)  makes no mention of God. 
C)  incorporates the view that truth is subjective. 
D)  relies upon faith, rather than reason. 
E)  attempts to derive God's existence from the mere concept of God.

Question 14

Kierkegaard would find Paley's Argument from Design persuasive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The central emotional experience of Kierkegaard's philosophy and life was:

Accepted Answer

A)  his early physical self-indulgence. 
B)  the death of his father at an early age. 
C)  his confrontation with existential dread. 
D)  his devotion to Hegelian philosophy. 
E)  his fascination with the philosophy of Plato. 
A)  his early physical self-indulgence. 
B)  the death of his father at an early age. 
C)  his confrontation with existential dread. 
D)  his devotion to Hegelian philosophy. 
E)  his fascination with the philosophy of Plato.

Question 16

Hume, in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, gives objections to the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Argument from Design. 
B)  Cosmological Argument. 
C)  Ontological Argument. 
D)  Both A and C 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Argument from Design. 
B)  Cosmological Argument. 
C)  Ontological Argument. 
D)  Both A and C 
E)  All of the above

Question 17

According to Kant, "God exists" is an analytic proposition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Who among the following denies that we can prove that God exists?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Paley 
B)  Anselm 
C)  Thomas Aquinas 
D) G.W. Leibniz 
E)  Søren Kierkegaard 
A)  William Paley 
B)  Anselm 
C)  Thomas Aquinas 
D) G.W. Leibniz 
E)  Søren Kierkegaard

Question 19

The Ontological Argument makes no claims based on empirical evidence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Before committing oneself to a leap of faith, Kierkegaard claims it helps to begin with a little bit of faith.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

St. Thomas' great project was to wean the medieval church from its rationalist approach to theology.

Kierkegaard and St. Thomas would agree that faith must be supported by reason.

Aquinas claims that no thing can be the cause of its own existence because:

Which of the following is an example of an infinite regress?

Hume sees no difficulty in the possibility of "an eternal succession of objects," without beginning or end. This is meant to be an objection to:

Christianity, according to Kierkegaard, is:

Kierkegaard holds that it's wrong to treat the promise of salvation as "objective."

In order to be saved, according to Kierkegaard, one's faith must be:

Which of the following is NOT one of the commonalities between Buddhism and modern science, according to Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama?

Truth, according to Kierkegaard, is achieved by:

Sam Harris defines faith as:

Which of the following statements is synthetic?

An interesting property of Anselm's Ontological Argument is that it:

Kierkegaard would find Paley's Argument from Design persuasive.

The central emotional experience of Kierkegaard's philosophy and life was:

Hume, in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, gives objections to the:

According to Kant, "God exists" is an analytic proposition.

Who among the following denies that we can prove that God exists?

The Ontological Argument makes no claims based on empirical evidence.

Before committing oneself to a leap of faith, Kierkegaard claims it helps to begin with a little bit of faith.

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Exam 8: Philosophy of Religion

St. Thomas' great project was to wean the medieval church from its rationalist approach to theology.

Kierkegaard and St. Thomas would agree that faith must be supported by reason.

Aquinas claims that no thing can be the cause of its own existence because:

Which of the following is an example of an infinite regress?

Hume sees no difficulty in the possibility of "an eternal succession of objects," without beginning or end. This is meant to be an objection to:

Christianity, according to Kierkegaard, is:

Kierkegaard holds that it's wrong to treat the promise of salvation as "objective."

In order to be saved, according to Kierkegaard, one's faith must be:

Which of the following is NOT one of the commonalities between Buddhism and modern science, according to Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama?

Truth, according to Kierkegaard, is achieved by:

Sam Harris defines faith as:

Which of the following statements is synthetic?

An interesting property of Anselm's Ontological Argument is that it:

Kierkegaard would find Paley's Argument from Design persuasive.

The central emotional experience of Kierkegaard's philosophy and life was:

Hume, in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, gives objections to the:

According to Kant, "God exists" is an analytic proposition.

Who among the following denies that we can prove that God exists?

The Ontological Argument makes no claims based on empirical evidence.

Before committing oneself to a leap of faith, Kierkegaard claims it helps to begin with a little bit of faith.

What Is Philosophy

Theory of Knowledge

Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Science

Ethical Theory

Social and Political Philosophy

Philosophy of Art

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