Who is most likely to have written this? "There is no method for knowing when one has reached the truth, or when one is closer than ever before."

What will be an ideal response?


Richard Rorty

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Kenneth Arrow argues that

a. settled economic life requires purely selfish behavior. b. with ethical codes, there's no need for taxes, laws, or regulations as a way of controlling corporate behavior. c. ethical codes can contribute to economic efficiency. d. to be viable, ethical codes need not be widely accepted or part of corporate culture

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Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. High school health clinics across the nation should be permitted to dispense Norplant, the new birth control

medication. Teenage pregnancy today is at an all time high, and Norplant is 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy. Furthermore, a single dose ensures protection for a full five years. A) Argument; conclusion: Norplant is 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy. B) Argument; conclusion: Teenage pregnancy ... preventing pregnancy. C) Argument; conclusion: High school health clinics across the nation ... medication. D) Argument; conclusion: A single dose ensures protection for a full five years. E) Nonargument.

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In a Venn diagram, placing an X in an area means ________.

A. that the area is not empty B. that the area has at least one member and that the area is not empty C. that the area has at least one member D. None of the answers are correct

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According to rationalists:

A. God does not exist. B. the Cogito Argument was unsound. C. knowledge can never be certain. D. logic is the model for all true knowledge. E. all knowledge is based on sense perceptions.

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