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Russell vs Copleston debate for A Level Religious Studies students

Quiz by Kathryn Taylor

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  • Q1
    What topic did Russell and Copleston debate about?
    Meaning of life
    Ethics and morality
    Nature of reality
    Existence of God
    30s
  • Q2
    What was Bertrand Russell's position on the existence of God?
    Atheist
    Theist
    Agnostic
    Pantheist
    30s
  • Q3
    What was Frederick Copleston's position on the existence of God?
    Agnostic
    Theist
    Deist
    Atheist
    30s
  • Q4
    What were Copleston's main arguments in favor of the existence of God?
    Cosmological and teleological arguments
    Existence of miracles and religious experiences
    Divine revelation and personal experience
    Problem of evil and lack of evidence
    30s
  • Q5
    What did Bertrand Russell criticize about Frederick Copleston's arguments?
    Reliance on religious texts
    Lack of logical coherence
    Leaping from existence to attributes
    Ignoring empirical evidence
    30s
  • Q6
    What was Frederick Copleston's religious affiliation?
    Muslim
    Protestant
    Jesuit Catholic
    Buddhist
    30s
  • Q7
    What was Bertrand Russell's response to the 'First Cause' argument presented by Copleston?
    Ignored it
    Rejected it
    Refuted it with the problem of evil
    Accepted it
    30s
  • Q8
    According to Russell, where do we derive the concept of cause from?
    our observation of particular things
    our knowledge of logic
    our imagination
    our intuition
    30s
  • Q9
    What does Copleston believe about the statement that there isn't any cause?
    It is impossible to determine
    It should come at the beginning of the inquiry
    It is irrelevant to the inquiry
    It should come at the end of the inquiry
    30s
  • Q10
    According to Copleston, what must the total be if it has no cause?
    its own cause
    a mystery
    a result of chance
    an illusion
    30s
  • Q11
    What does Copleston believe about the statement that the world is simply there?
    It presupposes that the question has meaning
    It is a scientific fact
    It doesn't require an explanation
    It is a meaningless statement
    30s
  • Q12
    What is the source of our concept of cause?
    our cultural beliefs
    our observation of particular things
    our intuition
    our reasoning abilities
    30s
  • Q13
    According to Russell, how should the term 'necessary' be applied?
    To all propositions that are necessary.
    To all propositions that are complex.
    Only to propositions that are analytic.
    To all propositions that are self-contradictory.
    To all propositions that are late in the build-up.
    30s
  • Q14
    What does Russell believe a 'necessary proposition' must be?
    Analytic.
    Necessary.
    Late in the build-up.
    Self-contradictory.
    Complex.
    30s
  • Q15
    What does Copleston argue is necessary to explain existence?
    A Necessary Being.
    An omniscient mind.
    The aggregate of individual objects.
    A Being which contains within itself the reason for its own existence.
    An infinite chain of objects.
    30s

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