At what age did Hume write the Treatise?

a. 18
b. 27
c. 32
d. 38


ANS: B

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint. Some butterflies are not non-birds. Therefore, some butterflies are birds

A) Invalid; existential fallacy. B) Invalid; illicit contraposition. C) Invalid; illicit subalternation. D) Valid; no fallacy. E) Invalid; illicit subcontrary.

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Which of the following is part of Max Müller’s theory about the origins of all religions?

a. Nature played no part in the development of religion. b. “Primitive” people personified animals only. c. The stories of gods and heroes in Indo-European cultures were originally fairytales and folklore. d. “Primitive” people identified and personified the forces in nature.

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