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The Great Philosophy Quiz - Let's Plato!

Question 1 of 30

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How did Platonic theories of the Forms influence Christianity? Select the applicable:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Christians go on a pilgrimage where they are imprisoned in a cave but then escape and are blinded by the sun!

  • Dualist principles adopted by Christians for heaven and earth

  • Aquinas, like many Christians, believe in levels of knowledge that humans can't access for instance Thommist Divine Law.

  • Christians have adopted the Prime Mover as their demiurge God.

  • Christians liken the Form of the Good to God.

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

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Aristotle defined change as the movement from the possible to the actual.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

1

Select the strengths of Aristotle's causation:

Select one or more of the following:

  • 4 causes are easily applicable to everything material

  • Russell - "the universe is just there, that's all"

  • Based on empirical evidence

  • Explains change and cosmology effectively with evidence

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

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Weaknesses of Plato

Select one or more of the following:

  • Can't actually be proved and ignores the senses

  • Doesn't account for subjective perfections of vritues

  • Is there an ideal evil?

  • Aristotle - infinite regression

  • Exclusive and elitist

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

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How did Aristotelian causation influence Christianity? Select the applicable:

Select one or more of the following:

  • The transcendence of the Prime Mover

  • The existence of the Prime Mover (but a Christian one)

  • The cosmological argument

  • The 4 causes, especially the Final cause, influenced Aquinas' work on Natural Law.

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

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Weaknesses of Aristotle:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Contradictory - everything has a cause apart from the Prime Mover

  • Russell - "the universe is just there, that's all"

  • The 4 causes are only applicable to a few examples

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

1

Aristotle describe the Prime Mover as
"That which nothing greater can be conceived"

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

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Plato 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.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

1

Strengths of Plato's Forms:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Explains virtues as well as material objects

  • Explains innate knowledge

  • Encourages thought and learning

  • Based on empirical evidence

  • Explains imperfection

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

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The Form of the Good is the ultimate Form and illuminates the other Forms.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

1

Select all the attributes relating to the Judeo-Christian God

Select one or more of the following:

  • Immutable

  • Omniscient

  • Transcendent

  • Omnipotent

  • Evil

  • Eternal and omniprsent

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

1

Which Platonic theory does the Judeo-christian God liken to?

Select one of the following:

  • The King Philosopher

  • The Form of the Good

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

1

As God's creation is good, God is seen to be morally perfect

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

1

Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

An example of God as a law-giver is the ( Decalogue, Jesus, Parable of the sheep and the goats )
An example of God as a judge in Matthew is the ( parable of the sheep and the goats, Decalogue, Jesus )
An example of God as source of morality is ( Jesus, Decalogue, Parable of the sheep and the goats )

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

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Genesis 1 talks about mans relationship with man and Genesis 2 talks about God creation of the universe through Divine Fiat.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

1

Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Jesus is the of God

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

1

Fill the blank space to complete the text.

The quotation "So God expelled them from the Garden of Eden" is a reference to .

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

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The 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?

Select one of the following:

  • Omniscience

  • Omnibenevolence

  • Omnipotence

  • Omnipresence

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

1

Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Theologians argue that God is not responsible for evil in creation because he gave humans .

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

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Examples of God's goodness being questionable are;

Select one of the following:

  • The Fall and man's punishments

  • Judging people

  • The Book of Job and the sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

God is "that than which " according to

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

1

The ontological argument is analytical and inductive

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

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1) God is a supremely perfect being
2) Existence is a predicate of perfection
3) God exists
This is the argument by which scholar?

Select one of the following:

  • St Anselm

  • Norman Malcolm

  • Descartes

  • Kant

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

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Select the criticisms of the ontological argument

Select one or more of the following:

  • Aquinas: It's just too cool for the philosophical world

  • Gaunilo: you cant define something into existence

  • Murdoch: the failure to use reason proves God's transcendence

  • Kant: Existence isn't a predicate and if you reject God then it's not a contradiction

  • Russell: "the universe is just there, that's all"

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

1

Anselm's first argument:



Select option below to complete the highlighted text

    God is "that than which nothing
    greater can be conceived"
    God exists in intellecta
    a being is greater if
    it exists in re too
    God is the greatest
    so he exists in intellecta
    and in re: God exists!

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

1

Aquinas' 3 ways are..
1st way:
2nd way:
3rd way:

Select option below to complete the highlighted text

    motion
    cause
    contingency
    Teleological

Explanation

Question 27 of 30

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Bertrand Russell's counter point in the 1947 Russell vs Copleston debate on BBC radio was...

Select one of the following:

  • God is the only sufficient reason for the universe

  • Fallacy of Composition

  • The universe is beyond human understanding

Explanation

Question 28 of 30

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Which option is the best explanation for the Kalam cosmological argument?

Select one of the following:

  • The universe has a cause (PSR) and this is grounded in a necessary being

  • Everything 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.

  • Everything with a beginning has a cause; this cause we call God.

Explanation

Question 29 of 30

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Aquinas' 1st way: motion


Select option below to complete the highlighted text

    Everything is moving
    everything has a cause
    everything changes
    there cant be infinite regression
    must have been a first mover
    must have been a first cause
    must have been a necessary being

Explanation

Question 30 of 30

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Select the criticisms for the cosmological argument

Select one or more of the following:

  • Why is it the Christian God? (Hume)

  • Fallacy of Composition (Hume)

  • Based on evidence (McVities)

  • The universe is just there, that's all (Russell)

Explanation

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