How does Descartes reach the conclusion that he is a "thinking thing"?
A) The fact that we have a body and our body has a brain indicates we think.
B) If we eliminate all beliefs about ourselves except the ones we cannot doubt, then the only belief we are left with is that we think.
C) If we eliminate all beliefs about ourselves based on sensations, then the only belief we are left with is that we must have brains.
D) God reveals it to him.
B
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a. Aggregate demand b. Invisible hand welfare c. Natural rights d. Market resource allocation
What did Socrates claim virtue was?
a. Love b. Habit c. Trust d. Wisdom
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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Stocker suggests that the probable reason why schizophrenic moral theories developed was
because during the time that they originated philosophers and ethicists were primarily conerned with what point of view? a. The cosmopolitan or internationalist b. The virtue-centered c. The scientific d. The religious e. The legislative