Which question best characterizes the subject matter of metaphysics?

A. Is the earth the center of the universe?
B. Who is best qualified to rule?
C. Does life have meaning?
D. What is the factual evidence for this belief?


Answer: C

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Research is assigned in college courses because ________.

A. research skills are necessary for success in just about every profession that requires a college degree B. it can help a researcher set the record straight and avoid accepting at face value what he or she hears and reads C. it lets one practice the skills of finding, evaluating, summarizing, and using information D. All of the answers are correct

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Lucretius cites the fact that a ring worn on the finger grows thinner over the years as evidence for his claim that:

A. all things grow smaller over time. B. material objects are only temporary, not eternal. C. the universe is composed of what we would call atoms. D. physical reality is really an illusion. E. not everything can be explained by an appeal to natural processes.

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According to Kierkegaard, truth depends on:

A. the relation between a statement and independent objects in the world. B. whether a statement's contrary entails a contradiction. C. the relation between a belief and its subject. D. the preponderance of the evidence being for or against a statement. E. Both B and C

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Definitions by synonym or definitions by example might serve to reduce the vagueness of an expression.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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