One of the problems that led to the discovery of atmospheric pressure was:
A) Why Gasparo Berti's experiment worked in Rome but not in Florence.
B) Why it was impossible to siphon mercury from one container to another.
C) Why suction pumps failed to work on mountain tops.
D) Why the water in Gasparo Berti's glass pipe always descended to the same level.
E) Why water boils at a lower temperature on mountaintops than it does at sea level.
D
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1. mind does not exist. 2. matter does not exist. 3. there is limited causal interaction between mind and matter. 4. there is no causal interaction between mind and matter.
Jesus most concerned himself with
a. the Scribes and Pharisees. b. the people in power. c. the pagan gentiles. d. the last, the least, and the lost.
In Kohlberg's dilemma the eleven-year-olds are asked whether it is right for a man to ________
a. make a promise to repay a debt in order to secure a loan even if he knew hewould never have the money to pay it back b. All of these choices c. steal a drug which he cannot afford in order to save his wife's life d. lie to his mother about how the Sunday dinner tastes in order to avoidhurting her feelings
"Yesterday's attacker died as a result of having blown himself up. But if he had blown himself up, his body would have been in pieces. But his body was intact. So he died as a result of bullet wounds in his stomach" is
A) an unreasonable conceptual belief B) an unreasonable empirical belief C) an inconsistent set of beliefs D) a dogmatic attitude