A. Start off by summarizing Pascal’s Wager in your own words.  One objection to Pascal’s Wager is that this does not seem to produce sincere belief in God.  The idea here is that if you just believe in God to hedge your bets and to avoid going to Hell, then this is not sincere belief.  Do you agree with this objection?  Why or why not?

B. One objection to Pascal’s Wager involves many-gods.  The idea here is that just like you could argue you should believe in the Christian God to hedge your bets, so, too, you could argue that you should believe in ancient gods such as Zeus or Thor to hedge your bets as well.  What do you think of this objection, and do you think it shows that Pascal’s Wager is not plausible for people today?

C. One of the things that we talked about this week is the idea that religious belief is a “momentous option.”  The corresponding slide this week in the module says on this point:

We should not postpone deciding whether or not to believe that God exists. Nor is this a decision that should be made lightly. Whether one chooses to believe that God exists is a matter of extreme existential importance, as how we answer this question is likely to greatly affect how we choose to spend time, how we make other important life decisions, how we raise our children, and so on.

Do you agree with this?  Why or why not?

D. One thing that you have done this week is examine the idea of the sensus divinitatis in Reformed Epistemology.  Explain the sensus divinitatis, and why advocates of Reformed Epistemology think that this makes it plausible to believe in God without evidence or proof.  End by stating if you agree or disagree with the Reformed Epistemologist.  Why or why not?

Week 3 Visual System Worksheet

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Visual System Worksheet.

Visual System Worksheet

1.     _____ Bill perceived the cover of his book was red even though the light changed in the various rooms in which he read the book.

1. _____ Mary damaged her cerebral cortex and now perceives the world in black, white, and grey.
2. _____ Phyllis wears only various shades of purple. Her clothes are many different types of purple, but she only wears ___________ of purple.
3. _____ The shade of achromatic color stays the same regardless of how much sunlight is reflected.
4. _____ You go to a lecture and the topic seems to focus on blue-yellow and red-green perception of color. The lecture is likely discussing ______________.
5. _____ The afterimage is a red heart. This means the image was _____________.
6. _____ Each receptor mechanism is sensitive to different elements of the spectrum and suggests we need various wavelengths for normal color vision. This is the _____________.
7. _____ Which color deficiency is likely a genetic transmission?
8. _____ Monochromats do not have functioning ___________.
9. _____ Red and blue paints are mixed and the result is purple. This shows the ____________.
10. _____

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_____ There are basic colors, but the ability to perceive a large number of colors depends on _____________, _____________, and _________________.

1. L____ The edge of an illuminated e-reader next to a dark room is called __________.

A. Saturation                      B. Hues                 C. Color Constancy                          D. Cones

E. Green              F. Subtractive Color Mixture                       G. Opponent Process Theory of Color Vision

H. Reflectance Edge                        I. Cerebral Achromatopsia                           J. Wavelength

K. Dichromatism                               L. Lightness Constancy                                   M. Intensity

N. Young-Helmoltz Theory of Color Vision

In 200 to 300 words, describe the role of Gestalt principles in perceptual organization. Explain how these principles help us organize our world.

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