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Fill in the blank – [2pts]   During rolling, it is possible for a rolled sheet to be thicker than the gap between the rollers through which the sheet passed. This is known as _________.

C.S. Lewis and other thinkers argued against the rise of postmodernism and deconstruction in the 20th Century which reduces philosophy to irrational forces like race, sexual orientation, economic status, gender, etc..  What does it mean to “deconstruct” somebody when they give a philosophical argument for voting for a particular political candidate? 

Augustine never found joy in chastity.  He never found dignity in continence (refraining from sex), even though he was convinced Jesus revealed the person of God. 

In Book 2, Ch. 2, Augustine said he confused what two things?

Which of the following is not one of the reasons related to Socrates view that a new city would see him as a degenerate and a danger to the city (53b-d)? 

“Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live.  Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.” (42a) Philosopher Peter Kreeft argues that this kind of language from Socrates might agree with the writer of Proverbs who thought the following: 

THEISTIC RESPONSES TO THE INDUCTIVE/EVIDENTIAL PROBLEM OF EVIL AND SUFFERING FOR THE PERSONAL THEIST:  . For want of a nail The shoe was lost; For want of a shoe The horse was lost; For want of a horse The rider was lost; For want of a rider The battle was lost; For want of the battle The kingdom was lost;  And all for the want Of a horseshoe nail. This poem is meant to illustrate the complexity of the causal nexus, and how difficult it is to determine the consequences of a particular action.  In other words, we are not in a good epistemic position to evaluate the impact of little things.

Augustine said, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in ____________”

PROBLEM OF EVIL FOR NATURALIST (scientific atheist) vs. PROBLEM OF EVIL FOR THEIST: . William Lane Craig argues that evil is more at home in the worldview of Personal Theism than Philosophical Naturalism (scientific atheism).  So, even if the problem of evil is a problem, the atheistic worldview of philosophical naturalism is still not plausible.  The following is NOT a way to argue that evil makes more sense on the worldview of personal theism rather than philosophical naturalism:   

Chapter 1 of On Liberty  John Stuart Mill . Mill points out that many individuals get lazy in their thinking and just tend to believe the majority opinion for many reasons.  J.S. Mill argues we must guard against these effects of custom.  Which of the following IS NOT one of the reasons Mill gives for this?