What is the significance of the following statement: "Inductive reasoning cannot be used to prove inductive reasoning."?
A. Inductive reasoning does not always work.
B. Inductive reasoning usually does not work.
C. No inductive proof can be given for any statements.
D. We would be assuming the very thing we are trying to prove.
D
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McCloskey apologizes for contrasting how men and women are, because
A) she knows she has not yet been a woman long enough to fairly make such a comparison. B) she rejects the general idea that there are essential ways of being men and women. C) she fears that men will always look bad when compared to the goodness of women. D) she feels that no one should ever be contrasted with anyone else, because we are all free to be who we are.
Which of the following philosophers described the state of nature as one war of "all against all?"
a. Kant b. Hobbes c. Locke d. Rousseau
The man who dreamed of being a butterfly was
A. Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu). B. Laozi (Lao Tzu). C. Zhu Xi. D. Mengzi (Mencius).