What did John Locke believe about perception?

What will be an ideal response?


Knowledge of the external world is based on the fact that some of the ideas we get through sense impressions represent the way things actually are in the external world

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

Words like "because" and "since" are always followed by a premise.

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When Leibniz says a truth of fact is contingent, he means:

A. it would be possible for its contradictory to be true. B. its contradictory is also true. C. it wasn't always a fact. D. it's also a truth of reason. E. None of the above

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The philosophical view that human beings act only out of self-interest is called

a. natural selection b. psychological egoism c. altruism d. existentialism

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. All werewolves are unwelcome companions. Therefore, no werewolves are welcome companions

A) Invalid, existential fallacy. B) Invalid, illicit subalternation. C) Valid, no fallacy. D) Invalid, illicit contrary. E) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.

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