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6. How did the modern theologian respond to Gaunilo's criticism?
- The island would need a creator
- The island does exist and it shows God must also exist
- The island has no intrinsic maximum
- The island does not exist God does
7. Anslem's argument was initially written as what?
- A prayer/contemplation
- A response to Gaunilo
- A systematic argument
- A response to Aquinas
8. What is meant by a predicate?
- A quality something is observed to have
- A quality something has by definition
- A quality something is likely to have
- A quality something does not have or lacks
9. How does Descartes' defined God?
- Maximally great
- The best thing a human can think of
- A supremely perfect being
- That than which nothing greater can be concieved
10. What is meant by an a priori argument?
- Arguments or propositions established through reason
- Arguments or propositions based on observation
11. Anslem's Ontological argument is found in which work?
- Summa Theologica
- Proslogion
- Monologion
- Natural Theology
12. What example did Gaunilo use to criticise Anslem's ontological argument?
- The Perfect God
- The Perfect World
- The Perfect Island
- The Perfect Person
13. Thomas Aquinas argued that the statement 'God exists' is...
14. Why does Kant argue that existence cannot be a predicate?
- Predicates must be physical
- It has to be observed
- It does not add anything to our understanding of an object or concept
- Existence is subjective
15. Who wrote the response to Anslem entitled on Behalf of the Fool?
- Plantinga
- Gaunilo
- Gassendi
- Aquinas
16. The ontological argument is what type of argument for the existence of God?