What are the two ways that a belief can fall short on knowledge?

What will be an ideal response?


A belief could be false. The belief could be based on insufficient evidence

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Which of the following is the form of an induction by enumeration?

A. A is similar to B in relevant respects, and B has property P. So, A has property P. B. x percent of a sample of A is B. So, approximately x percent of A is B. C. x percent of A is B. c is an A. So, c is a B. D. R is reliable, and R asserts that S. So, S.

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When the TV sports announcer said that 2015 marked the first time that there was a "real college football champion,"  the donkey cart word real was being used in order to ________

(a) show how enthusiastic the announcer was that his alma mater had won (b) being ironic since the announcer did not approve of using a playoff format to pick a champion (c) explain that NCAA football players should be compensated for playing (d) twist the meaning of "college football champion" to exclude all previous national #1 teams

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Some of the virtues of philosophical thinking are:

1. intellectual modesty and curiosity. 2. intellectual arrogance and cynicism. 3. emotional sensitivity and empathy. 4. emotional detachment and coldness.

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What was Hegel's great error, according to Marx?

a. capitalism b. theism c. abstraction d. localism

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