The system of quantum mechanics illustrates the:

a. correspondence test
b. coherence test
c. pragmatic test
d. creativity test


c.

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One objection to the design argument comes from the theory of evolution

a. True b. False

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You and your visually-impaired mother, whom you love dearly, are attending a lecture by a scientist who is conducting groundbreaking research on a vaccine for AIDS when a fire breaks out in the lecture hall. A beam falls, trapping your mother, her seeing eye dog, and the scientist. You have time to save only one of them. A care ethicist would most likely advise you to:

A. save your mother; your relationship with her creates a special obligation to her. B. save the dog; to give preferential treatment to humans in this case is speciesist. C. save the scientist; she is more likely to benefit society through her research. D. apply the doctrine of the mean and take each of them partway out of the building.

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The difference between a dogmatist and an objectivist is that _______

A. a dogmatist says that moral truths are factual B. a dogmatist would say that morality is subjective C. an objectivist would be willing to debate moral issues D. an objectivist would say that people essentially agree on morality

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Which is true?

a. A deductive argument always ends with a conclusion that is a statement of probability, no matter how remote that probability. b. A sound deductive argument is one that has valid form and true premises. c. Premises of deductive arguments are never derived through induction. d. All of the above are true.

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