Arguments For The Existence Of God

Question 0

Synthetic?

Answer 0

A statement which needs external evidence to verify if it is true/false

Question 1

Analytic?

Answer 1

A statement that contains the truth needed to verify it within the statement itself

Question 2

Necessary?

Answer 2

Holds the reason for its being within itself, cannot not exist

Question 3

Predicate?

Answer 3

A quality or property of an object/subject

Question 4

Contingent?

Answer 4

Depends on something else for its existence, can go in or out of existence

Question 5

Ockham’s Razor?

Answer 5

Do not multiply entities beyond necessity; the simplest explanation is the best

Question 6

Infinite Regress?

Answer 6

A chain of events going backwards forever

Question 7

Aquinas’ 5 Ways?

Answer 7

Motion, Cause, Contingency, Morality, Design

Question 8

Telos?

Answer 8

End result, purpose

Question 9

Design Qua Regularity?

Answer 9

Design ‘as relating to’ the regular cycles and natural laws of the world

Question 10

Design Qua Purpose?

Answer 10

Design ‘as relating to’ purpose

Question 11

Id, Ego, Superego?

Answer 11

Desires, reasoning/ balancing of id/ superego shaped by external influences

Question 12

Postulate?

Answer 12

A possible solution, assumption

Question 13

Summum Bonum?

Answer 13

Highest good, where virtue and happiness coincide

Question 14

Oedipus Complex?

Answer 14

Suppressed guilt from child wanting parent

Question 15

Epicurean Hypothesis?

Answer 15

Given infinite time and infinite number of particles, order can be produced

Question 16

Fallacy of Composition?

Answer 16

What is observed about the parts cannot be assumed to be the same for the whole

Question 17

Principle of Sufficient Reason?

Answer 17

The complete and full explanation