According to your text, the argument from contingency has which advantage over the First Cause argument?

a. it argues that the cause of the universe is benevolent.
b. it demonstrates that God must still exist to support everything else.
c. it is not an a posteriori argument.
d. it demonstrates that there is only one cause of the universe.


b. it demonstrates that God must still exist to support everything else.

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Identify which of the following fallacies the following example illustrates. Choose the best answer from the list offered. I started getting all these headaches right after I changed from tap water to bottled water. That's the last time I'll drink that stuff

a. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc b. Jumping from Correlation to Cause c. Causal Oversimplification d. Only Game in Town e. Gambler's Fallacy f. Overlooking a Common Cause

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James writes, "I cannot do so for this plain reason, that a rule of thinking which would absolutely prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if those kinds of truth were really there, would be an irrational rule." This rule allows James

A) to accept the agnostic rules for truth-seeking. B) to risk loss of truth rather than chance of error. C) to keep his "willing nature out of the game." D) to reject the agnostic rules for truth-seeking.

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Four Conditions for an act to be permissible:

What will be an ideal response?

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