Pragmatism is a philosophy that:
a. views truth through the practical consequences of an idea
b. emphasizes the survival of the fittest in the realm of knowledge
c. relies on universal models
d. insists that traditional ways are the best ways to discover truth
A
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At the height of the Roman empire, Rome had standardized
a. coins. b. the national language. c. allegiance to the emperor. d. religion. e. the set of national laws.
Seventeenth-century Europe saw the emergence of a new intellectual group known as the moderns who believed
a. in the authority of the works of Aristotle. b. that human reason provided the key to. c. that classical authors should be the foundation of all sciences. d. that man's knowledge was directly tied to God. e. that science and knowledge was the creation of God.
By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because
A. landowners in the southern colonies became less capable of paying indentured servant wages. B. of worsening economic conditions in England. C. colonial parliaments passed laws improving the status of indentured servants. D. the English government had come to discourage the practice of indenture. E. of a declining birthrate in England.
The Dutch exemplified which of these responses to population growth?
A. monetary incentives for small families B. birth control C. establishing overseas colonies D. increasing agricultural productivity