PHIL 101 - Final Exam Questions and answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).
Q1: If an argument is sound, then it must be valid. - (ANSWER)True
Q1: If an argument is valid, then it is sound. - (ANSWER)False
Q1: The premises of a valid argument are always true. - (ANSWER)False
Q1: The premises of an invalid argument are always false. - (ANSWER)False
Q1: An argument that attempts to prove its conclusion is called... - (ANSWER)A deductive argument
Q1: An argument that attempts to show that its conclusion is very likely is called... - (ANSWER)An
inductive argument
Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is October.
C) It is Autumn. - (ANSWER)Modus ponens and it is valid.
Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is Autumn.
C) It is October. - (ANSWER)Affirming the consequent and it is invalid
Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is not Autumn.
C) It is not October. - (ANSWER)Modus tollens and it is valid.
Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is not October.
C) It is not Autumn. - (ANSWER)Denying the antecedent and it is invalid.
, PHIL 101 - Final Exam Questions and answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).
Q2: Paley says that just as a principle of order is what accounts for the operation of a watch, a principle
of order is what accounts for the operation of the universe. - (ANSWER)False
Q2: Philo argues with Cleanthes that even if we can tell that the universe was designed, we can't know
that it was designed by one maker. - (ANSWER)True
Q2: Anselm says that whatever exists in the mind must also exist in reality. - (ANSWER)False
Q2: Aquinas says that there must have been a time when nothing existed. - (ANSWER)False
Q2: Which of Aquinas's Five Ways involves the concept of change? - (ANSWER)The First Way
Q2: If I know something, and I don't need sense experience or observation to know it, that is referred to
as what type of knowledge? - (ANSWER)A priori knowledge
Q2: What argument for the existence of God was inspired by the methods of science? - (ANSWER)The
Teleological Argumen
Q2: Aquinas says that nothing can be the cause of itself because...? - (ANSWER)Nothing can precede
itself.
Q2: Which argument for the existence of God attempts to derive God's existence from the concept of
God? - (ANSWER)The Ontological Argument
Q2: The Problem of Evil refers to... - (ANSWER)The problem of explaining why people do evil things.
b. The problem of explaining why God sometimes does evil things.
c. The problem of explaining Satan's origins.
d. None of the above.*
Q1: If an argument is sound, then it must be valid. - (ANSWER)True
Q1: If an argument is valid, then it is sound. - (ANSWER)False
Q1: The premises of a valid argument are always true. - (ANSWER)False
Q1: The premises of an invalid argument are always false. - (ANSWER)False
Q1: An argument that attempts to prove its conclusion is called... - (ANSWER)A deductive argument
Q1: An argument that attempts to show that its conclusion is very likely is called... - (ANSWER)An
inductive argument
Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is October.
C) It is Autumn. - (ANSWER)Modus ponens and it is valid.
Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is Autumn.
C) It is October. - (ANSWER)Affirming the consequent and it is invalid
Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is not Autumn.
C) It is not October. - (ANSWER)Modus tollens and it is valid.
Q1: P1) If it is October, then it is Autumn.
P2) It is not October.
C) It is not Autumn. - (ANSWER)Denying the antecedent and it is invalid.
, PHIL 101 - Final Exam Questions and answers with accurate rationales(PASSED).
Q2: Paley says that just as a principle of order is what accounts for the operation of a watch, a principle
of order is what accounts for the operation of the universe. - (ANSWER)False
Q2: Philo argues with Cleanthes that even if we can tell that the universe was designed, we can't know
that it was designed by one maker. - (ANSWER)True
Q2: Anselm says that whatever exists in the mind must also exist in reality. - (ANSWER)False
Q2: Aquinas says that there must have been a time when nothing existed. - (ANSWER)False
Q2: Which of Aquinas's Five Ways involves the concept of change? - (ANSWER)The First Way
Q2: If I know something, and I don't need sense experience or observation to know it, that is referred to
as what type of knowledge? - (ANSWER)A priori knowledge
Q2: What argument for the existence of God was inspired by the methods of science? - (ANSWER)The
Teleological Argumen
Q2: Aquinas says that nothing can be the cause of itself because...? - (ANSWER)Nothing can precede
itself.
Q2: Which argument for the existence of God attempts to derive God's existence from the concept of
God? - (ANSWER)The Ontological Argument
Q2: The Problem of Evil refers to... - (ANSWER)The problem of explaining why people do evil things.
b. The problem of explaining why God sometimes does evil things.
c. The problem of explaining Satan's origins.
d. None of the above.*
