Week 8 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. The theory of Truth that says something is true if everyone agrees that it is true.
- 5. The theory of Truth that says something is true if it matches observable reality.
- 8. The argument that states a universal law requires a universal lawgiver.
- 9. The Problem of Evil version focusing on the deep-seated revulsion and outrage people feel when they experience suffering.
- 13. The argument that attempts to prove God’s as the first cause of the universe.
- 14. The division of philosophy that studies art and the nature of beauty
- 15. The argument that logic, morals, and science ultimately presuppose the theistic worldview.
- 17. The study of wisdom.
- 18. The Problem of Evil version focusing on claims it is impossible for God to exist alongside the existence of evil in the world.
- 20. The Problem of Evil version focusing on the sheer amount and severity of evil in the world.
Down
- 2. The argument stating that God’s being necessitates his existence.
- 3. An argument offered in response to the problem of evil – an attempt at offering a solution to the problem.
- 4. The theory of Truth that says something is true if it works – it is useful, beneficial, explains the data.
- 6. ______ Truth. A truth that we accept at once, but that are incapable of demonstration.
- 7. The division of philosophy that studies knowledge and how we come to gain it.
- 10. The theory of Truth that says something is true if it fits with our other beliefs about what is true.
- 11. The division of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality and being.
- 12. The argument that claims that design and purpose in nature implies a designer.
- 16. The division of philosophy that studies the nature of morality and moral value,
- 19. The idea that God's ways and thoughts are beyond human understanding and cannot be fully comprehended. The word "inscrutable" means unable to be scrutinized or fathomed.