Philosophy Y9

Question 1

What is proof ones premise?

Answer 1

Everything that is in the world moves but nothing moves unless something else starts it moving, this goes back until the very first thing on Earth therehad to be a first Movement that was not moved first. this is God

Question 2

What is proof 1’s FOR argument?

Answer 2

It aligns with Christian gods qualities
Omnipresent - all present
Omnipotent-all powerful.
As something that was more powerful would have had to move the first thing.

Question 3

Proof 1’s AGAINST argument

Answer 3

Doesn’t have to be Christian God could be another religion or devil

Question 4

Proof 1’s Conclusion

Answer 4

I disagree because doesn’t have to be a Christian god -there is no evidence

Question 5

Proof 2’s Premise

Answer 5

Everything in the world is caused by something and cannot exist prior to its existence therefore it cannot cause itself. Something of a higher power would have had to cause the first thing.. this is God

Question 6

Proof 2’s FOR

Answer 6

Genesis account suggests God created Earth. God could create earth as he is omnipotent

Question 7

Proof 2’s AGAINST

Answer 7

Electrons can come into existence by themselves-does not need to be caused

Question 8

Proof 2’s CONCLUSION

Answer 8

Disagree-no evidence that something needs to be caused , such as electrons

Question 9

Proof 3’s PREMISE

Answer 9

Everything in the world has a beginning and an end and everything relies on something to exist. Everything relies on higher being that can also bring others into existence.. this would be a necessary being that did not exist fully. this is God

Question 10

Proof 3’s FOR

Answer 10

God’s treats are omnipresent-all present
And transcendent -beyond the range of a human. These align with the proof and would mean God was necessary being.

Question 11

Proof 3’s AGAINST

Answer 11

The proof does not explain or proof that the existence of something is necessary or that anything is necessary. He does not explain why God is necessary for humans to survive.

Question 12

Proof 3’s CONCLUSION

Answer 12

I disagree because argument doesn’t prove anything such as why beings need God to exist or why the existence of something is necessary

Question 13

Proof 4’s PREMISE

Answer 13

Everything has a certain amount of goodness or perfection. There must be a source from where this goodness came from a must and that must cause the qualities and all these other things.. this source must be 100% perfect. this is God

Question 14

Proof 4’s FOR

Answer 14

Nothing on earth can be perfect or perfectly good therefore something such as a higher being must hold a higher form of goodness and absolute perfection. this works with God’s characteristics of Omni benevolent

Question 15

Proof 4’s AGAINST

Answer 15

Goodness could just be a human concept. Everyone views perfection and goodness as something different and if there is one source of goodness where did the evil come from? Did it come from God?.

Question 16

Proof 4’s CONCLUSION

Answer 16

I disagree because if there was an u,it ate source of perfection then there must be an ultimate source of evil. If this is from God then it goes against his omnibenevolence

Question 17

Proof 5’s PREMISE

Answer 17

Everything in the world works towards a purpose. Unintelligent being such as objects and vegetation must be guided to their source.

Question 18

Proof 5’s FOR

Answer 18

Gods qualities
Omniscient
Omnipotent
Works as he needs to lead unintelligent beings to purpose

Question 19

Proofs 5’s AGAINST

Answer 19

Evolution could’ve caused unintelligent beings to appear that they have a purpose when in reality they are just surviving

Question 20

Proof 5’s CONCLUSION

Answer 20

I agree because all beings have a purpose but unintelligent beings would not know their purpose so it makes that a higher being would have to guide them.

Question 21

Monotheist definition

Answer 21

Someone who believes in one God

Question 22

Polytheist definition

Answer 22

Someone who believes in many gods

Question 23

Atheist definition

Answer 23

Someone who doesn’t believe in any gods

Question 24

Pantheist definition

Answer 24

Someone who believes God is in the universe

Question 25

Agnostic definition

Answer 25

Someone who is not sure if god exists

Question 26

What is an argument from silence

Answer 26

Arguing that something is true because it has not been proven false (vice versa)

Question 27

What is the fallacy of popularity

Answer 27

Arguing that something is right because other people do it

Question 28

What is false dichotomy

Answer 28

Presenting extreme alternatives and excluding all other options

Question 29

What is the fallacy of tradition

Answer 29

Arguing that something is right because it has always been done

Question 30

What is ad hominem

Answer 30

Attacking someone personally, as a way of understanding undermining their arguments or ideas.

Question 31

What is generalisation

Answer 31

Taking an example of something and applying it generally.

Question 32

What is post hoc reasoning

Answer 32

Also known as superstitious thinking Treating one thing as the cause of another just because it proceeded it in time when there is no relationship between the two.

Question 33

What is the slippery slope argument

Answer 33

When someone argues that something terrible will inevitably follow from an event when in fact it may not

Question 34

What does monotheist mean

Question 35

What does Anselm’s argument start with

Answer 35

His definition of God ‘ that than which nothing greater can be thought’

Question 36

First point in Anselm’s argument

Answer 36

Because we think about this being, God at least exists in our minds

Question 37

Second point of Anselm’s argument

Answer 37

If it is greater to exist in both the mind and reality, than it is to only exist in mind. If God only existed in the mind he would not be the greatest possible being, this is a contradiction.

Question 38

Conclusion of Anselm’s argument

Answer 38

God, the greatest possible being, must exist in reality, as well as the mind

Question 39

Arguments against Anselm’s argument

Answer 39

1. Everyone’s perfect God will not be the same- perfection looks different to everybody so how can God be perfect for everyone. It would make more sense to have several gods. 2. Is it even possible to believe in such a perfect God- beyond our thinking 3. God is arguably better in the mind 4. just because you can conceive a perfect God does not mean the God exists or is perfect. 5. His definition of God already assumes that God exists.

Question 40

What was Aquinas’s first proof

Answer 40

First mover

Question 41

What was Aquinas’s second proof

Answer 41

The first cause

Question 42

What was Aquinas’s third proof

Answer 42

Necessity

Question 43

What was Aquinas’s fourth proof

Answer 43

Degree

Question 44

What was Aquinas’s fifth proof

Answer 44

Design