Final Exam Review Questions

Augustine

What is Manicheanism? Did Augustine accept it?
Was Augustine always a Christian? Did he ever give up Christianity?
How does Augustine think we know univeral and necessary truths?
How does Augustine think we learn to distinguish the meanings of coextensional words?
How does Augustine deal with the problem that if evil exists, then God is responsible for it?
Was Augustine ever part of the Catholic Church? What was his position?
Does Augustine think that all of our actions are necessary? Why? If so, then how does he still think we have free will? How?
Does Augustine think we’re responsible for free actions?
What is creation ex nihilo? Why did Augustine think God creates ex nihilo?
Is knowledge by illumination innate knowledge?
What’s the difference between omniscience and omnipotence?
Where was Augustine born?
What was the religion of Augustine’s parents?
Where was Augustine educated? Did Augustine know about the works of Aristotle?
Augustine thinks the universe is hierarchically ordered. Explain.

Does Boethius think that knowledge of the future is compatible with the non-necessity of the future?
If Boethius is correct, is God’s omnisicience compatible with human freedom? Why or why not?

What is Anselm’s argument for the existence of God called?
Why does the argument assume that God does not exist, if it aims to prove that God does exist?
What is Anselm’s definition of God? Is it one that he thinks both atheists and theists can agree to?
Why does Anselm want an argument to prove that God exists? Why isn’t faith enough?
Was Anselm a part of the Catholic Church? What was his position?