In calling the mind a "tabula rasa," Locke wants to emphasize that all knowledge, even knowledge of mathematical truths, is based on solely on:

A. innate ideas.
B. language.
C. formal training or education.
D. experience.


Answer: D

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In 1970, the University of Virginia, a taxpayer-supported state university, was forced by the

federal government to admit women to its all-male law school, as gender discrimination was considered a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court held that military universities operated by state governments must admit women, along with men. But private colleges are still permitted to be limited to one gender and many all-female and all-male colleges remain even today.

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Leibniz criticizes Descartes’s view of matter by saying

a. Descartes’s view of matter cannot account for the dynamic, energetic nature of physical things. b. matter is infinitely divisible, so it cannot be fundamental. c. Descartes cannot explain how minds and matter relate. d. all of the above

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