Phil exam 2

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40 multiple choice 20 true false
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Questão 1

Questão
Humes refutes the teleological argument in what way
Responda
  • A disanalogy
  • Uses Darwinism
  • accepts, but denies the traditional concept of God
  • 2 of these
  • none of these

Questão 2

Questão
2 main points of the first cause argument are...
Responda
  • Anything that exist must have an explanation for why it exists
  • God is an uncaused first cause
  • Everything that exist must be caused
  • everything has a contingent existence

Questão 3

Questão
According to [blank_start]contingency[blank_end], even if the world had no beginning it would still need a reason to explain its existence.
Responda
  • contingency

Questão 4

Questão
Which of the following is not an objection to the contingency argument?
Responda
  • fallacy of equivocation
  • fallacy of composition
  • infinite regress
  • 2 of these
  • none of these

Questão 5

Questão
...are weaknesses of the ontological argument for God
Responda
  • we can conceive of a logically possible universe where there is no God
  • fallacy of equivocation
  • only shows the properties that are contained in the idea of God
  • not compatible with Darwinism

Questão 6

Questão
What would Darwin say about design?
Responda
  • It is simply implausible
  • random chance and natural selection eventually makes for high complexity
  • fallacy of equivocation
  • 2 of these
  • none of these

Questão 7

Questão
Which of the following ideas are compatible with the design theory?
Responda
  • many special features of a watch, therefore they were where made by chance
  • nature and particular objects in nature have apparent design,hence these things have a designer
  • natural laws/processes and evolution account for design in natural objects

Questão 8

Questão
Select which of the following are views a hard determinist would have...
Responda
  • we can have metaphysical freedom
  • no moral responsibility
  • desires and beliefs are based on prior causes
  • Mother Teresa should be praised
  • we can have circumstancial freedom

Questão 9

Questão
views that a compatibilist wouldn't have...
Responda
  • no circumstantial freedom
  • we need metaphysical freedom to have moral responsibility
  • beliefs and desires are based on prior causes
  • Mother Teresa should be prasied
  • 2 of these

Questão 10

Questão
Views that a libertarian wouldn't have...
Responda
  • no metaphysical freedom
  • no circumstantial freedom
  • beliefs and desires are based on prior causes
  • without metaphysical freedom we lack moral resposibility

Questão 11

Questão
Which of the following is not a hard determinism attack against Libertarianism?
Responda
  • Fails to Explain the Fact That We Can Influence Other People’s Behavior
  • Requires the Problematic Notion of Uncaused Events
  • Is in Conflict with the Scientific View of the World
  • 2 of these
  • none of these

Questão 12

Questão
a person who says that you are not metaphysically free because your actions are predetermined by the universal laws of causation, therefore we can not be held morally responsible... is likely a compatibilist
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 13

Questão
How would a compatibilist respond to "When I make a choice, I could always have chosen differently"
Responda
  • this is circumstantial freedom
  • they would agree
  • you would have chosen differently if you psychological states had been different
  • 2 of these
  • 3 of these

Questão 14

Questão
How would a hard determinist "best"respond to "The fact that sometimes I have to deliberate to make a decision proves that I am not determined"
Responda
  • deliberation does not prove metaphysical freedom.
  • one causal factor was marginally stronger than a weaker one
  • he would agree
  • none of these

Questão 15

Questão
How would a soft determinist respond to "It is impossible to predict another person’s behavior."
Responda
  • They would agree
  • some people are easier to predict than others
  • all human behavior is predictable in principle
  • 2 of these
  • all of these

Questão 16

Questão
How would a determinist respond to "When I make a choice, I have the undeniable feeling that the choice is free"
Responda
  • They would agree
  • they would be stumped
  • we are ignorant of all the external and internal forces acting on us
  • 2 of these
  • none of these

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