Week 8 Vocabulary

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.

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.