The Gambler's fallacy occurs when
a. the Law of Averages is misused to predict what will happen in the short run.
b. someone pays over $100 for a play of the Petersburg game.
c. the Gambler's strategy is used to choose an action that does not have thehighest utility
d. None of these choices.
a
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According to Clifford,
A) carefully gathering and judging evidence is a moral as well as an epistemic duty. B) questioning beliefs is not a universal duty. C) credulity is good for society because it promotes trust. D) all believing rests and ought to rest on our passions and desires.
Transcendentalism is the name for
A. a political movement that emphasizes nonviolence. B. a type of Hindu metal sculpture design that specializes in statues of Shiva. C. an American movement influenced by Hinduism. D. a movement in Hinduism that emphasizes the use of the body for spiritual purposes.
Which of the following is a problem with fideism?
A. Believing something, in itself, shows that it is correct. B. Fideism requires that you only believe religious claims when there is evidence supporting those claims. C. Fideism allows that we can improve or revise our religious beliefs on the basis of reason. D. Fideism gives us no way of knowing which religious beliefs we should hold as a matter of faith.
The largest global religion is
a. Hinduism. b. Islam. c. Christianity. d. Daoism