Philosophy of Religion
Quotes
Rationalists and Empiricists
Mind/Body/FW
Misc.
100
The argument that believing in God is a good bet, considering the possible outcomes.
What is Pascal's Wager
100
“God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.”
Who is Neitzche
100
He said: "The only legitimate purpose of government is to preserve life, liberty, property"
Who is John Locke?
100
Nothing exists except minds and ideas.
What is Idealism?
100
The Traditional Definition of Knowledge
What is Justified True Beleif
200
When we understand what the word "God" means, we realize that God must exist.
Ontological Argument
200
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Who is Socrates
200
He used language as an example of our innate abilities.
Who is Chomskey?
200
All actions have a physical cause and can be explained by physical laws
What is Materialism
200
The fallacy in which something is deemed bad because of its origin
What is the Naturalistic Fallacy?
300
Descarte's used God to make rationalize this
The validity of his senses
300
“Act so that you treat humanity ... always as an end and never as a means only.”
Who is Immanuel Kant?
300
First to argue that reason is the slave of passion
Who is David Hume?
300
We have Free Will even though we are completely determined
What is Compatibilism?
300
Aristotle's three virtues of rhetoric were logos, ____, and ___
Ethos and Pathos
400
These three traits of God give rise to the problem of evil?
What is: Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Perfectly Good
400
“Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a first mover, moved by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.”
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
400
Cite at least 2 rationalist philosophers who are not Descartes
Leibniz, Malebranche, Spinoza
400
Rather than being determined, we have the ability to select an action from a host options at any given moment.
Free Will Libertarianism
400
Act only according to that maxim which you could wish should become a universal law
Kant's Categorical Imperative
500
This religion believes that a good life is one that is lived in harmony with nature.
What is Taoism?
500
“All the objects of human reason or inquiry may naturally be divided into two kinds, to wit, relations of ideas, and matters of fact.
Who is David Hume?
500
First person to argue: we are not aware of the true causes of our actions
Who is Spinoza?
500
This movie toys with the idea of using reinforcement mechanisms to remove a person's free will entirely with respect to sexual/violent stimuli
What is a Clockwork Orange?
500
Nietzsche believed that this was the ''sense of underlying quality of the individual''.
Power
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