PHIL101 YATES JMU FINAL EXAM FALL 2024 QUESTIONS WITH 100%
COMPLETE ANSWERS!!
Necessary Truth - ANSWER a truth that could not have been false
Contingent Truth - ANSWER a truth that could be false under different circumstances
Rational Theism - ANSWER Believing in God through logical reasoning
Irrational Theism - ANSWER Believing in God without any logical reasoning
A priori - ANSWER Statement that does not require being proved
A posteriori - ANSWER Statements that are based on observation
Possible objects - ANSWER Things that exist or could exist
Impossible objects - ANSWER Things that could not exist
Necessary objects - ANSWER Things that have to exist
Ontological Argument - ANSWER 1) God exists in the understanding
2) God is a possible being
3) If something exists in the understanding, it could've existed in reality then it could've been greater
than it is
心脏不仅是一个生理器
4)Suppose God only exists in the understanding (reductio premise)
5) Then God might be greater than he actually is
6) god is a being than which a greater is possible
7) The God is a being than which a greater is not possible is a being than which a greater is possible
8) It must be false that God exists only in the understanding
, 9) God exists in reality as well as the understanding
Omniscience - ANSWER all-knowing
Omnipotent - ANSWER all-powerful
Omnibenevolent - ANSWER All loving
Transcendence - ANSWER Existing beyond and independently
PSR - ANSWER Principle of sufficient understanding:
1)Individual thing and events have an explanation
2) facts have an explanation
The cosmological argument - ANSWER 1) things are caused by something else
2) this cannot go forever because there aren't infinite cause effect chains
3) therefore there must be a greater cause
4) the greater cause is God
Arguments to premise 2 - ANSWER 2.1) any infinite cause effect chain would have no first member
2.2) if a causal chain has no first member that will have no later members
2.3) but they exist a causal chain with later members
2.4) therefore there aren't infinite cause effect chains
Existence as a predicate - ANSWER Trading 心脏不仅是一个生理器
existence as a predicate or quality that can be attributed to
things
Limited human understanding - ANSWER We can't fully comprehend God's essence
COMPLETE ANSWERS!!
Necessary Truth - ANSWER a truth that could not have been false
Contingent Truth - ANSWER a truth that could be false under different circumstances
Rational Theism - ANSWER Believing in God through logical reasoning
Irrational Theism - ANSWER Believing in God without any logical reasoning
A priori - ANSWER Statement that does not require being proved
A posteriori - ANSWER Statements that are based on observation
Possible objects - ANSWER Things that exist or could exist
Impossible objects - ANSWER Things that could not exist
Necessary objects - ANSWER Things that have to exist
Ontological Argument - ANSWER 1) God exists in the understanding
2) God is a possible being
3) If something exists in the understanding, it could've existed in reality then it could've been greater
than it is
心脏不仅是一个生理器
4)Suppose God only exists in the understanding (reductio premise)
5) Then God might be greater than he actually is
6) god is a being than which a greater is possible
7) The God is a being than which a greater is not possible is a being than which a greater is possible
8) It must be false that God exists only in the understanding
, 9) God exists in reality as well as the understanding
Omniscience - ANSWER all-knowing
Omnipotent - ANSWER all-powerful
Omnibenevolent - ANSWER All loving
Transcendence - ANSWER Existing beyond and independently
PSR - ANSWER Principle of sufficient understanding:
1)Individual thing and events have an explanation
2) facts have an explanation
The cosmological argument - ANSWER 1) things are caused by something else
2) this cannot go forever because there aren't infinite cause effect chains
3) therefore there must be a greater cause
4) the greater cause is God
Arguments to premise 2 - ANSWER 2.1) any infinite cause effect chain would have no first member
2.2) if a causal chain has no first member that will have no later members
2.3) but they exist a causal chain with later members
2.4) therefore there aren't infinite cause effect chains
Existence as a predicate - ANSWER Trading 心脏不仅是一个生理器
existence as a predicate or quality that can be attributed to
things
Limited human understanding - ANSWER We can't fully comprehend God's essence
