9. Gaunilo argued against Anselm’s ontological argument. True False 10. Aquinas

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9. Gaunilo argued against Anselm’s ontological argument.

True

False

10. Aquinas formulated a proof for God’s existence based on observable purposes in nature.

True

False

11. Aquinas argues for the view that contingent beings could not exist without a necessary being.

True

False

12. Aquinas uses an empirically based method of reasoning to prove God’s existence: he proceeds from observable effects in nature to an unobservable cause.  

True

False

13. Mackie’s objection to the free will defense assumes that free will is compatible with determinism.

True

False

14. Anselm discusses William Paley’s teleological argument for God’s existence.

True

False

Explanation / Answer

9. True. Gaunilo argued against Anselm’s ontological argument.

10. True. Aquinas formulated a proof for God’s existence based on observable purposes in nature.

11. True. Aquinas argues for the view that contingent beings could not exist without a necessary being.

12. True. Aquinas uses an empirically based method of reasoning to prove God’s existence: he proceeds from observable effects in nature to an unobservable cause.

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