Philosophy

Philosophy Study Guide

6. Which philosopher provided five proofs for the existence of God based on Aristotle’s arguments: the arguments from motion, from efficient causality, from contingency, from graduations of perfection, and from design? a. Pascal b. Aquinas c. James d. Clifford 7. Which term describes a defense of the justice or goodness of God in the face of doubts or objections arising from the phenomena of evil in the world? a. Sangha b. Sawm c. Vedas d. Theodicy 8. Which philosopher argued that to try to find a reasoned, scientific proof for God or any religious belief is ultimately futile because of the nature of faith itself and finds that it is only through a “leap of faith” that we can know subjectively if there is a God or not? a. Kierkegaard b. Clifford c. James d. Pascal 9. What term refers to a medicine person, a man or woman, who had undergone spiritual ordeals and can communicate with the spirit world to help the people in indigenous traditions? a. Rishi b. Shaman c. Reincarnation d. Salat 10. What term refers to the belief in one God? a. Zakat b. Buddha c. Nontheist d. Monotheism Answer Keys found on page 127

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