The criteria for personhood regarding higher order mental functions include:
1. capability for analytical, conceptual thought
2. ability to learn; ability to retain and recall information
3. ability to solve complicated problems with analytical thought
4. the capacity for communication that suggests thought
The fact that dolphins can perform leaps, dives and flips on cue from trainers: prove that dolphins are not intelligent enough to be persons, because persons would not perform such menial behaviors.
A. True
B. False
Answer: False
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The key to Kant's criticism of the Ontological Argument is:
A. Anselm should have gathered empirical evidence to support his claim. B. the claim that "God exists" is synthetic, not analytic. C. it assumes an infinite regress of causes. D. there's no difference between existence in the understanding and existence in reality. E. there can't be an uncaused First Cause.
A "hsiao-jen" is a
a. vulgar man b. great man c. virtuous man d. well-mannered man
A creed is a(n) __________
a. symbol of salvation b. process of repentance c. symbol of faith d. incorrect belief
What is dominance structuring?
(a) a computer program designed to help people make decisions when a situation is unclear (b) a common fallacy that strong critical thinkers can recognize immediately (c) a psychological process through which humans achieve confidence in their decisions (d) a conversational encounter during which one person dominates the other person