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| 4021402343 | Why is the ontological argument an ontological argument? | Ontology is the study of being, of existence. | 0 | |
| 4021402344 | In which book did St Anslem write his ontological argument? | Proslogion | 1 | |
| 4021402345 | How does St Anselm define God? | a being than which nothing greater can be conceived | 2 | |
| 4021402346 | Why does St Anslem reject the fool's assertion that "There is no God"? | because it involves a contradiction | 3 | |
| 4021402347 | Since we understand the defintion of God, where does it exist? | in our understanding; in our mind | 4 | |
| 4021402348 | What is logically possible regarding the existence of 'that then which nothing greater can be conceived'? | that it exists in reality as well as in the understanding | 5 | |
| 4021402349 | Why does St Anslem claim that 'that than which nothing greater can be conceived' exists both in reality and in the understanding? | existing in reality and the understanding is greater than existing in the understanding alone and since this being is 'greater' then it exists in the greter of these two options | 6 | |
| 4021402350 | Illustrate the idea that existing in reality and the understanding is greater than existing in the understanding alone. | a £50 note in reality is greater than a £50 note in your mind because you can spend the real £50 note. Other examples could include a painting (Anslem's example) or Superman | 7 | |
| 4021402351 | Why does Gaunilo disagree with Anselm's 1st argument? | reductio ad absurdum - the argument can be used to reach absurb conclusions and is therefore absurd itself. | 8 | |
| 4021402352 | Outline Gaunilo's island argument. | We can conceive of a perfect island. Existing in reality is greater than existing in the mind. Therefore, the perfect island exists. | 9 | |
| 4021402353 | What defintion of God does Anslem use at the beginning of his second argument? | a being than which nothing greater can be conceived | 10 | |
| 4021402354 | Explain which is greater - something that cannot be thought of as not existing or something that can be thought of as not existing. | Something that cannot be thought of as not existing is greater since it must always exist, it exists necessarily and will continue to exist when something that can be thought of as not existing does not exist. | 11 | |
| 4021402355 | What is the opposite of necessary existence? | contingent existence | 12 | |
| 4021402356 | What does contingent mean? | depends on soemthing else | 13 | |
| 4021402357 | Why does that than which nothing greater can be conceived exist necessarily? | Existing necessarily (cannot be thought of as not existing) is greater than contingent existence and since this being is the 'greater' than we must go with this option | 14 | |
| 4021402358 | What is the difference between the conclusion to Anselm's first and second argument? | The first argument concludes 'God exists' while the second argument concludes 'God must exist'. | 15 | |
| 4021402359 | What is Descartes' definition of God? | supremely perfect being | 16 | |
| 4021402360 | What is the relationship between a triangle and its angles? | a triangle must have, by defintion, internal angles of 180 degrees. If it does not, then it is not a triangle. If you have one, then you have the other. A triangle is inextricably linked to internal angles of 180 degrees | 17 | |
| 4021402361 | What is the relationship between a mountain and a valley? | A mountain is always found with a valley (or an upslope is always found with a down slope) - if you have one, then you have the other | 18 | |
| 4021402362 | How does Descartes argue that God exists? | The defintion of God means that he must have all perfections and since existence is a perfection, it is a conradiction to say that God does not exist, so God must exist. | 19 | |
| 4021402363 | According to Descartes, what are we not free to think of about God and why? | We are not free to think of God as not existing, since to do so requires us to believe a contradiction. | 20 |
