One philosopher whom Skillen discusses at length, and with whom he largely agrees—
though Skillen makes several criticisms of the philosopher—is
a. A. J. Ayer.
b. Rosalind Hursthouse.
c. Richard Taylor.
d. G. W. F. Hegel.
e. Bernard Williams.
e
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Bad-faith looks as though it is a species of the familiar psychological problem of _________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
If a claim conflicts with our experience, then we have good reason to be suspicious of that experience since we can never directly experience the world.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
According to philosophers Michael Tooley and Mary Anne Warren, the anti-abortion argument involves an equivocation over the term
a. "human being." b. "morally wrong." c. "killing." d. "abortion."
Suppose that a philosophy professor is able to monitor the amount of time her logic students spend working on a computerized tutorial program. When the students spend 5 hours on the program, their average grade increases by 4 percentage points. When they spend 10 hours on the program, their average grade increases by an additional 4 percentage points, and when they spend 15 hours working on the
program, their grades increase by yet an additional 4 percentage points. The professor concludes that work on the tutorial program causes an increase in student grades. What method did the professor use in drawing this conclusion? A) The method of difference. B) The method of agreement. C) The method of concomitant variation. D) The method of residues. E) The joint method of agreement and difference.