When Gary Marcus argues that your brain is a computer, he only means that your brain seems like a computer because it has input and output, not that your brain is actually a computer of any kind.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: False.

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Peirce wanted to develop a philosophy free of meaningless abstractions

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What is the Cartesian circle? Is there a way out? What is it?

What will be an ideal response?

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Determine whether the following passage contains an argument and, if it does, identify that argument's final conclusion."Can you believe it? Tight-fitting polyester clothes are making a comeback. They've even brought back bell-bottoms. Next thing you know, the professors around here will be dragging out their leisure suits."

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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One argument Locke uses to reject the doctrine of innate ideas is

a. children do not have innate knowledge. b. the concept is too vague and undefined. c. he does not believe we can know what is in the mind. d. he is skeptical about the possibility of having any kind of knowledge.

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