A reduction ad absurdum argument starts with\u2026<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. The assumption that God does not exist.<\/p>\n
b. A premise assumed in order to argue that it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n
c. A premise that the arguer will in the end claim is false.<\/p>\n
d. The conclusion of the argument.<\/p>\n
\u201cfree choice\u201d according to Plantinga means\u2026<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. A choice that could result in bad consequences.<\/p>\n
b. A choice that is not influenced by where we grew up and who our parents are.<\/p>\n
c. A choice free of coercion, stress, or other psychological maladies.<\/p>\n
d. A choice God would approve of.<\/p>\n
All of the following are natural evil theodicies except\u2026<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. Evil is a means to good.<\/p>\n
b. The free will defense.<\/p>\n
c. Evil is necessary as a counterpart to good.<\/p>\n
d. Evil is necessitated by the causal laws of our universe.<\/p>\n
Alvin Plantinga claims the argument from evil does not, in the end, succeed because\u2026<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. There is no evil in the world that we live in\u2014it just seems like there is.<\/p>\n
b. The free will defense fails.<\/p>\n
c. Evil in the world can be justified.<\/p>\n
d. Evil is essential to the western conception of God since the Devil exists.<\/p>\n
For Descartes, why do we necessarily exist, despite the possibility that we’re being deceived by an evil demon?<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. Because it is wildly implausible that we’re being deceived by an evil demon<\/p>\n
b. Because we cannot be deceived about mathematical truths<\/p>\n
c. Because even if we doubt our existence, we must exist to doubt it<\/p>\n
d. None of the above<\/p>\n
For Grau, what is one important difference between the experience machine and the matrix?<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. The experience machine is entered into voluntarily<\/p>\n
b. The experience machine might take away our free will, while the matrix leaves it intact<\/p>\n
c. The experience machine guarantees us pleasure<\/p>\n
d. The matrix is run by machines<\/p>\n
For the free will defense to work, it must be the case that\u2026<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. People really do have free will; it\u2019s not just that they think they do or it looks like they do.<\/p>\n
b. A world which features free beings and some evil is better than world in which there is no free will and everyone is maximally happy.<\/p>\n
c. Free will entails the existence of evil done by those who freely choose it.<\/p>\n
d. All the answers are correct.<\/p>\n
How does Richard LaCroix defend the claim that the existence of goodness does not entail any evil?<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. It\u2019s possible that God could have created a universe without free will.<\/p>\n
b. It\u2019s possible that God could have created nothing at all (other than herself).<\/p>\n
c. It\u2019s possible that God could have made it so that there is no difference between good and evil.<\/p>\n
d. It\u2019s possible that God could have created only angels.<\/p>\n
How does Weisberger object to the argument that evil is necessary for future goods?<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. It\u2019s hard to figure out what the future short term goods could be.<\/p>\n
b. It doesn\u2019t account for the suffering of non-humans.<\/p>\n
c. It seems as though God could have created less evil and that evil could have produced the same future goods.<\/p>\n
d. All of the answers are correct.<\/p>\n
The following are necessary pillars to the idea that God allows for evil in order to develop good character except:<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. Humans must live in a world in which it seems as though there is no God even though there is.<\/p>\n
b. Suffering must drive people toward good behavior rather than bad.<\/p>\n
c. The amount of evil in the world must be appropriate for producing the best character.<\/p>\n
d. People will, as a result of suffering, be more likely to live a religious life rather than resort to atheism.<\/p>\n
What does Putnam hold is required for a word to successfully refer?<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. That it be accidental<\/p>\n
b. That the word refers to a real object<\/p>\n
c. An appropriate causal connection between the object referred to and the speaker referring<\/p>\n
d. All of the above<\/p>\n
What is Neo’s predicament?<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. Neo has awoken from a simulated \u201cdreamworld\u201d<\/p>\n
b. Neo is considering whether to stay in the Matrix<\/p>\n
c. Neo is considering whether he should be a skeptic about reality<\/p>\n
d. None of the above<\/p>\n
What is Nozick getting at with his experience machine thought experiment?<\/p>\n
Select one:<\/p>\n
a. That we only value the experience of pleasure<\/p>\n
b. That we value being <\/em>a certain person, not the experience of being that type of person<\/p>\n c. That we value contact with reality<\/p>\n d. both (b) and (c)<\/p>\n What is the brain in a vat scenario?<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n a. The possibility that all of our experiences are simulated and we are really brains in vats in some lab<\/p>\n b. The possibility that we are the only thing that exists, and everyone else is a brain in a vat<\/p>\n c. The possibility that we are being deceived by an evil demon<\/p>\n d. The possibility that all of our language refers to a brain in a vat, which produces all experience<\/p>\n What is the difference between the \u201clogical\u201d formulation of the argument from evil and the \u201cevidential\u201d one?<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n a. There is no difference.<\/p>\n b. The logical formulation is deductive and the evidential one is inductive.<\/p>\n c. Only the logical formulation is a reductio<\/p>\n d. The evidential formulation does not involve the existence of God in as God is imagined to be in the traditional western conception.<\/p>\n What scenario does Descartes imagine that is even more nefarious than dream skepticism?<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n a. That we are in an experience machine<\/p>\n b. That an evil demon is deceiving us<\/p>\n c. That we are a brain in a vat<\/p>\n d. None of the above<\/p>\n What sort of knowledge can survive dream skepticism, according to Descartes?<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n a. Nothing<\/p>\n b. Truths arrived at through the use of reason<\/p>\n c. Everything<\/p>\n d. Knowledge we gather from sensation<\/p>\n Which of the following is NOT involved in the conception of God that the argument from evil addresses?<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n a. God is all-powerful.<\/p>\n b. God is all-knowing.<\/p>\n c. God cares about each of God\u2019s children equally.<\/p>\n d. God is all-good.<\/p>\n Who is Ren\u00e9 Descartes?<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n a. A philosopher who argued that the brain in a vat inspired skepticism is incoherent<\/p>\n b. A philosopher who created the \u201cexperience machine\u201d thought experiment<\/p>\n c. A philosopher who considered skeptical scenarios involving dreams and evil demons<\/p>\n d. A philosopher who argued that we value more than what we can be conscious of<\/p>\n Why might the phenomenon of dreaming lead us to a sort of skepticism?<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n a. It doesn’t lead us to skepticism<\/p>\n b. Because sometimes dreams are better than reality<\/p>\n c. Because we can successfully refer to things in our dreams<\/p>\n d. Because there is no principled way to tell the difference between a dream and real life<\/p>\n According to Descartes, it is entirely possible that we are brains in a vat, and so we should be skeptical about our experience.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n Alvin Plantinga is a theist<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n Descartes argues that God exists, because we have an idea of God and couldn’t have created it ourselves.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n For Unger, the practice of buying life insurance shows that we value more than just what we are conscious of.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n God could allow for some evil as long there is some greater good that is produced by it; if this was true, it would answer the argument from evil.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n Hilary Putnam was a famous dream skeptic.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n It\u2019s possible for the evil that exists to be understood as punishment for actions yet to be committed, according to Weisberger.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n La Croix thinks he can answer Plaintinga\u2019s challenge by arguing that God must have created nothing at all and it would be a better world.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n Natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes are instances of moral evil.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n Nozick is well known for arguing that we only value the experience of pleasure.<\/p>\n Select one:<\/p>\n True<\/p>\n False<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A reduction ad absurdum argument starts with\u2026 Select one: a. 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