Using a name or description of an item that you can't point to, provide a definition by example for "the color red." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.

What will be an ideal response?


This is more difficult than it appears. A drop of blood is an example of a red thing, but is it an example of the color red, i.e. can the property of redness be distinguished from the thing that instantiates that property?

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. Andrew said he petted his dog reading a newspaper. Andrew must have a very intelligent dog

A) No fallacy. B) Appeal to ignorance. C) Equivocation. D) Amphiboly. E) False cause.

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Schopenhauer believed that life was just a constant will to survive

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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According to ___, acceptance of Mind-Body Dualism led philosophy down "a 400 year long cul-de-sac."

A. Descartes B. Rorty C. Quine D. Chalmers

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How many "baskets" of Buddhist teachings are there?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 6 d. 9

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