The principle of Occam’s razor states that

a. energy is neither created nor destroyed.
b. philosophical distinctions should be as sharp as possible.
c. we can cut a path between dualism and materialism.
d. we should prefer explanations that are as simple as possible.


d. we should prefer explanations that are as simple as possible.

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Lex talionis is an approach to distributive justice

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Nietzsche’s overman represents

a. a symbol of the new political party in Germany which Nietzsche favored. b. the new type of humanity that will rise above the mediocrity of the culture and human nature as we know it. c. a powerful tyrant that Nietzsche predicts will come to enslave people. d. the overbearing power of the Church through the ages.

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In Buddhism, no Self exists over and beyond the five skandhas

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When New Testament authors refer to "Scripture" they mean

A. the Hebrew Bible, usually in the Greek Septuagint edition. B. the Torah, usually in the New International Version. C. the Pentateuch, usually in the American Standard version. D. the apocrypha.

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