Multiple Choice


1	The principle that everything that exists must have a reason that explains why it exists and why it has the properties that it does is known as
		A)	the Principle of Induction
		B)	Ockham's razor
		C)	the Principle of the Nonidentity of Discernibles
		D)	the Principle of Sufficient Reason


2	Which of the following does not play a central role in Aquinas' "first cause" version of the cosmological argument?
		A)	the notion of God being (among other things) an uncaused first cause
		B)	the impossibility of an infinite regress of causes
		C)	the existence of things that were caused
		D)	the idea that existence in reality is greater than existence just in the understanding


3	The argument from contingency is a version of
		A)	the ontological argument
		B)	the cosmological argument
		C)	the teleological argument
		D)	the argument from design


4	Which of the following statements is the most accurate?
		A)	According to the argument from contingency, there are only contingent beings.
		B)	According to the argument from contingency, there are no necessary beings.
		C)	According to the argument from contingency, there are both contingent beings and a necessary being.
		D)	According to the argument from contingency, there are no contingent beings.


5	What does Richard Taylor believe would be the case if we supposed the world had no beginning?
		A)	The question of why such a world existed would already be adequately answered.
		B)	It would still be reasonable to ask why such a world existed at all.
		C)	The Principle of Sufficient Reason would not be applicable to the issue of the sufficient reason for the world's existence.
		D)	It could then be logically shown that the world must have no ending either.

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