Worldviews

Question 1

Someone who states it may not be possible to attain truth with certainty is a beleiver in :

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agnosticism

Question 2

In this worldview, science has become most important because it leads to technological advances

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modern

Question 3

In this worldview, God is a personal being who cares for each person

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pre-modern/medieval

Question 4

If those in the 17th and 18th centuries are Enlightened, what were people in prior centuries?

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in darkness through their faith

Question 5

Philosophy that states the only objective way of knowing reality is through empiricism

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scientism

Question 6

Worldview which had a Deistic view of God, one which does not intervene in human history

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modern

Question 7

in the modern worldview man is important because

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he can understand nature and then control it

Question 8

Believes the only source of knowledge is through science.

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post-modern

Question 9

How did the collapse of feudalism help create the Modern Worldview?

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class mobility was finally possible for many

Question 10

worldview was so positive about human potential it thought disease and poverty would be gone

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modern

Question 11

Moral truths are known through the laws seen within our human nature

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modern

Question 12

What do the Greek/Roman culture and the Renaissance have in common?

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Both focused on human achievement in this life

Question 13

Believes religions are a social construct the powerful used to control the masses

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post-modern

Question 14

Because the focus was on this world, the purpose of art was to mirror reality

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modern

Question 15

Thought, like many Enlightenment thinkers, that Christianity caused wars and death.

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Voltaire

Question 16

What event caused Enlightenment thinkers to have such a negative view of religion?

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The Wars of Religion

Question 17

Believed we could not have certain knowledge since our minds only have a copy of reality

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Hume

Question 18

The problem with materialism and scientism is leads to ___________ view of the human person

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deterministic

Question 19

Since all truth is constructed, the purpose of the artist is to create without any rules

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post-modern

Question 20

Believed we must create our own nature because there is no God to give us a nature

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Sartre

Question 21

Why did St. Cardinal Bellarmine believe the Bible and science could not contradict each other?

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God is the author of both the bible and the created world

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Believed man must be a superman imposing his will on the world of morality since - no God

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Nietzsche

Question 23

What does the term Enlightenment refer to? What has become enlightened and how?

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humanity through the use of reason

Question 24

This worldview saw art as a way to get closer to God and give God glory

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pre-modern/medieval

Question 25

Since the focus is on the individual, the purpose of art is individual expression

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post-modern

Question 26

The most influential philosopher of modern times and the father of relativism:

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Kant

Question 27

The main reason post-modernism does not see human life as particularly valuable is:

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humans are the product of random forces of evolution

Question 28

The optimism of this worldview is evident with the

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invention of the worlds fair

Question 29

What did Thomas Paine believe about revealed truths such as the Bible?

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there were no revealed truth for they contradicted reason

Question 30

Since the Church is the Body of Christ, individuals must submit to her authority

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pre-modern/medieval

Question 31

With the knowledge of the near infinite nature of the universe, man is seen as insignificant

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post/modern

Question 32

The main focus of this worldview is individual autonomy

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post-modern

Question 33

In this worldview religion should not have any influence on society

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post/modern

Question 34

Why do Sartre and Nietsche believe man must make up his own rules of morality

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there is no God to make morality

Question 35

Worldview that has man as the created center of the universe

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Pre-modern/medieval

Question 36

Believed knowledge could come from both revealed truths and philosophy

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pre-modern/medieval

Question 37

Who was trying to find "certain knowledge" like what is found in science?

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Descartes

Question 38

What does a worldview help people do?

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interpret their world and life

Question 39

The Middle Ages were highly influenced by:

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Augustine's teaching that we are only pilgrims on earth

Question 40

Evidence of the importance of placed on human potential in the modern worldview is:

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universal education at state expense

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