Putnam's Super-Spartans thought experiment is intended to show that

A. being in pain requires behaving in a certain way.
B. being in pain doesn't require behaving in a certain way.
C. no one can be in pain without behaving as if in pain.
D. being in pain and acting as if in pain are the same thing.


Answer: B

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a. true b. false

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