According to Koller, what is the basic problem of knowledge?
A) whether or not skepticism is true
B) distinguishing knowledge from mistaken opinion
C) proving the truth of a belief
D) ensuring that my opinion is the same as my neighbor's opinion
B
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In Pascal’s wager there is not even a finite gain to be had in not believing in God and there is nothing lost in believing in God. 2. W. K. Clifford argued that believing has moral ramifications. 3. The text described James’s position as direct volitionalism. 4. The text described Søren Kierkegaard’s religious position as "one of history’s most brutal attacks on existentialism." 5. Søren Kierkegaard thought that one’s faith ought to be adjusted in the light of the latest scholarship.
A) Provide an informal analysis of the following passage; orB) in analyzing the passage, do the following:a. Identify the causal hypothesis at issue.b. Identify what kind of study it is.c. Describe the control and experimental groups.d. State the difference in effect (or cause) between control and experimental groups.e. Identify any problems in either the study or the report of it, including but not necessarily limited to uncontrolled variables.f. State the conclusion you think is warranted by the report."Exercise can temporarily disrupt a woman's menstrual cycle, according to Boston University research published in the May 23 [1985] New England Journal of Medicine. The researchers monitored the daily hormone levels in 28 college women who did not exercise regularly and had a history of
regular menstrual cycles. The women were then sent to summer camp and participated in a rigorous exercise program-an initial 4-mile daily run, working up to 10 miles a day after five weeks, in addition to three and one-half hours daily of moderate sports such as biking or tennis. Only four, three of whom were on a high-calorie weight maintenance diet, had a normal menstrual cycle during that time. The researchers concluded that, regardless of whether the women lost weight, strenuous exercise disrupted their reproductive function. 'If very active women are having trouble getting pregnant, they probably should slow down intense exercise,' says exercise physiologist Gary Skrinar of BU."-Science News What will be an ideal response?
Which is the correct formula for "If Italy is in Europe, then neither Japan is in Asia nor Canada is in North America" --where C = Canada is in North America, I = Italy is in Europe, and, J = Japan is in Asia?
A) I ? ~( J v C) B) I ? (~ J v ~C) C) ~ J ? (I v ~C)
Locke was an empiricist in that he thought that _______
A. the self is a physical thing B. consciousness defines personal identity C. the mind is capable of learning about the world D. all knowledge originates in sense experience