CLT Philosophy and Worldview

Question 1

What is epistemology?

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The study of knowledge — its nature, sources, and limits

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The study of biology

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A type of mathematics

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The study of language

Question 2

What is Plato's Allegory of the Cave?

Accepted Answer

A metaphor for human ignorance — prisoners see only shadows and mistake them for reality

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A story about cave exploration

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A geological theory

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A mathematical concept

Question 3

What is the Socratic paradox "I know that I know nothing"?

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Recognition that true wisdom begins with acknowledging the limits of one's knowledge

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A statement of complete ignorance

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A logical contradiction

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An admission of failure

Question 4

What is natural theology?

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The attempt to understand God through reason and observation of the natural world, without special revelation

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A branch of biology

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Church doctrine only

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The study of natural disasters

Question 5

What is the cosmological argument for God's existence?

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Everything that begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore the universe has a cause

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God exists because the Bible says so

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The universe is too beautiful to be random

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Morality proves God exists

Question 6

What is the relationship between faith and reason in classical thought?

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Classical thinkers like Aquinas argued that faith and reason are complementary, not contradictory

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Faith and reason are always opposed

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Only faith matters

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Only reason matters