Truth, according to Kierkegaard, is achieved by:
A. using rational means to prove a belief.
B. using empirical methods to verify a belief.
C. showing that the contrary of a belief entails a contradiction.
D. possessing a belief that you hold passionately and without doubt.
E. None of the above
Answer: D
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A) Arguments from analogy, arguments based on signs, causal inferences. B) Arguments from analogy, predictions, causal inferences. C) Predictions, hypothetical syllogisms, arguments from authority. D) Arguments based in mathematics, hypothetical syllogisms, generalizations. E) Categorical syllogisms, arguments from definition, disjunctive syllogisms.