If Descartes had accepted the coherence theory of truth, he would have had to have give up his quest for certain knowledge

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A formal fallacy is committed in arguments that make explicit use of invalid argument forms.

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The ability of people to walk on glowing wood coals without getting burned is explained by the fact that:

A) Wood coals contain a relatively low quantity of heat. B) Wood coals are extinguished by the moisture in people's feet. C) Neurolinguistic programming blocks the transmission of heat. D) The temperature of wood coals is very low. E) Wood coals form a crust that blocks the transmission of heat.

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For Kant, what is freedom's most fundamental significance?

A. as what gives a person value B. as a source of moral responsibility C. as a necessary means of self-actualization D. as an ability to act otherwise from one's immediate inclinations

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A compound statement is a tautology if

A. it is false regardless of the truth values assigned to the atomic sentences that compose it. B. its truth value is a function of the truth values of its component atomic sentences. C. it is true regardless of the truth values assigned to its component atomic sentences. D. its truth value is a function of the placement of its parentheses.

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