quiz 3 exam 2

A negative characterization is one in which

A person describes the harmful and undesirable aspects of something

Part of Anselm's proof of God's existence is his statement that

A real thing is better than an imaginary thing

Ockham's razor is the principle that

A simpler explanation is better than a complex explanation

According to the theory of evolution, humans appeared

As a result of mutations

Anselm began his proof of the existence of god by

Defining god as the greatest conceivable being

When Einstein said "God does not play at dice," He meant

God does not let events happen without causes

To say God is omnipotent is to say

He can do anything

Ockham rejected all so-called "Proofs" of God's existence because

He wanted to protect faith from reason

Anselm said

I believe in order to understand

"The retreat of the gods" says that the decline of religion is due to the increase in

Knowledge

The scientist says it is necessary that squares have four sides because

People created rules of language that make it necessary

Galileo is significant for philosophy because he

Promoted a picture of the universe as a vast, clocklike mechanism

In the early 1500s Martin Luther created a new form of Christianity called

Protestantism

Dialectic is

Setting up opposing sides of an issue

Aquinas said Aristotle could prove that a First Cause exists but could not prove that

The First Cause is a loving Father

Einstein said that the rate at which time passes for a person depends on

The Person's motion

According to the essay, Darwin's discoveries implied that God

Was not psychologically similar to humans

"In the Beginning" says the causal chain cannot go back in time infinitely because

We cannot imagine an infinite chain

A married bachelor is impossible because

it would violate logical laws

Machiavelli said religion was important in politics

rulers can use it to manipulate and control the public