PHI 210 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The following is an example of which version of an argument for God's existence -
Answer- the cosmological argument
Which describes following describes basic beliefs - Answer- *beliefs one holds without
evidence
The following is an example of what kind of argument
1. Jones owns a Ford or brown in Barcelona
2. Jones owns a Ford
3. so, brown is in Barcelona - Answer- valid disjunctive syllogism
The first human to offer a formal ontological argument was who - Answer- St. Anselm of
Canterbury
T/F the indiscernibility of identical says that every individual object is identical to itself
and no other object - Answer- False
The suffering of a fawn trapped under a burning log is for William Rowe an example of
what kind of evil - Answer- *gratuitous evil
The law non-contradiction says - Answer- a thing cannot both be and not be the same
time and in the same way
T/F the following argument is valid
1. all knowledge is power
2. power corrupts
3. So, all knowledge corrupts - Answer- *true
T/F according to the lectures you can be epistemologically certain that you are not a
brain in a vat - Answer- False
T/F This is a valid argument
1. If i think then i exist
2. i exist
3. so, i think - Answer- False
ANSWERS
The following is an example of which version of an argument for God's existence -
Answer- the cosmological argument
Which describes following describes basic beliefs - Answer- *beliefs one holds without
evidence
The following is an example of what kind of argument
1. Jones owns a Ford or brown in Barcelona
2. Jones owns a Ford
3. so, brown is in Barcelona - Answer- valid disjunctive syllogism
The first human to offer a formal ontological argument was who - Answer- St. Anselm of
Canterbury
T/F the indiscernibility of identical says that every individual object is identical to itself
and no other object - Answer- False
The suffering of a fawn trapped under a burning log is for William Rowe an example of
what kind of evil - Answer- *gratuitous evil
The law non-contradiction says - Answer- a thing cannot both be and not be the same
time and in the same way
T/F the following argument is valid
1. all knowledge is power
2. power corrupts
3. So, all knowledge corrupts - Answer- *true
T/F according to the lectures you can be epistemologically certain that you are not a
brain in a vat - Answer- False
T/F This is a valid argument
1. If i think then i exist
2. i exist
3. so, i think - Answer- False
