Question

answer the folowing 8 questions with true or false :-

1- According to Descartes, it is entirely possible that we are brains in a vat, and so we should be skeptical about our experience.

2- Descartes argues that God exists, because we have an idea of God and couldn't have created it ourselves.

3- For Unger, the practice of buying life insurance shows that we value more than just what we are conscious of.

4- Hilary Putnam was a famous dream skeptic.

5- Nozick is well known for arguing that we only value the experience of pleasure.

6- God could allow for some evil as long there is some greater good that is produced by it; if this was true, it would answer the argument from evil.

7- It’s possible for the evil that exists to be understood as punishment for actions yet to be committed, according to Weisberger.

8- La Croix thinks he can answer Plaintinga’s challenge by arguing that God must have created nothing at all and it would be a better world.

Answer 1

1. According to Descartes, it is entirely possible that we are brains in a vat, and so we should be skeptical about our experience. True.

2. Descartes argues that God exists, because we have an idea of God and couldn't have created it ourselves. False.

3. For Unger, the practice of buying life insurance shows that we value more than just what we are conscious of. False.

4. Hilary Putnam was a famous dream skeptic. True.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of a question.