Exam 3
Study Guide
Vocabulary:
- theodicy
- natural evil
- moral evil
- broad theism
- narrow theism
- broad atheism
- narrow atheism
- friendly atheism
- absolute necessity
- conditional necessity
- antecedent will
- consequent will
- privative nature
- felix culpa
- zoe
- bios
- eikon
- homoiosis
- anthropocentrism
- anthropomorphism
- ad infinitum
Names to Know:
- Gottfried Leibniz
- David Hume
- Philo
- Cleanthes
- Demea
- St. Augustine
- St. Irenaeus
- William Rowe
- John Hick
Things to be Familiar With:
- Explain the fundamental paradox that lies at the heart of what philosophers call "the problem of evil."
- What are the two primary types of theodicidical arguments?
- What are the eight objections to Theism that Leibniz rejects?
- What is Demea's answer to the problem of evil, and why does Cleanthes reject it?
- What, according to Hume, are the four causes of natural evil?
- What is the difference between having knowledge and having justified belief?
- Explain the paradox of "friendly atheism".
- According to John Hick, what is the difference between the theodicies of Augustine and Irenaeus?
- Expalin Hick's concept of "soul-making".
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