The first rule of Descartes's method, providing the equivalent of the geometric axioms, was to

What will be an ideal response?


doubt everything.

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Socrates was interested in the scientific views of his time

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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In the period of the judges, which of the following was both a tribal leader and a prophet?

A. Joshua B. Deborah C. Samson D. Elijah

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The dominant tradition in Western philosophy has tended to assign a privileged role to a detached version of reason, denigrating the body and emotion while overlooking how this point of view is itself patriarchal and culturally biased. Western feminist philosophers have offered broad critiques of this tradition and its patriarchal (or masculinist) assumptions. Write an essay detailing this

perspective, focusing first on the feminist critique of patriarchal assumptions about sex and gender. Then look at how feminists challenge cultural assumptions about three of the following issues: nature; the body and reason; gender, moral reasoning, and emotion; science; and language. What will be an ideal response?

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If an argument contains the words "it is a good bet that," then the argument is most likely ________.

A. deductive B. inductive C. invalid D. None of the answers are correct

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