Which of the following arguments is AGAINST metaphysics?

It can't be proven true or false

The part of philosophy which studies what is real

The idea of a universe with a transcendent purpose…

Is supported by many major religions

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Dualism
Affirms that only the soul is real
Believes that reality can be completely explained by science
Claims that both ideas and matter are real
Was first argued by Rene Descartes
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Chaos theory is...
The systematic ordering of events
the existence of an organized universe
The study of random behaviour in ordered systems
A series of chaotic natural laws
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Which of the following arguments is AGAINST metaphysics?
It can describe reality, but it can’t say what it all means.
It can't explain stories of religious experience
It deals more with language than with philosophy
It can't be proven true or false
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The idea that the universe we see is created by, or is a reflection of, a perfect world is...
Materialism
Naturalism
Monism
Idealism
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What is metaphysics?
A philosophy related to the New Age movement
The part of philosophy which studies what is real
A scientific explanation about the origin of the universe
The study of life after death
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The belief that God identifies with nature is...
Theism
Pantheism
Deism
Panentheism
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If the universe is ordered and deterministic...
Then the universe almost always follows the laws of science
Then free will does not exist
There is a possibility of chance in the universe
Then there is no structure which rules the universe
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The idea of a universe with a transcendent purpose…
Rejects the idea of a God
Was first proposed by the materialists
Believes that the existence of the universe is its purpose
Is supported by many major religions
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According to the steady state theory...
The universe does not include what is imagined
There was a time when the universe did not exist
The Universe is eternal
Scientific data can explain the origin of the universe
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Which one of these beliefs does NOT support the idea of existence after death?
Vitalism
Transcendentalism
Quantum physics
Existentialism

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