When commonsense beliefs are challenged, the burden of proof is

A) on those who hold those beliefs. B) on those who challenge them. C) on those who offer the weaker reasons.


B

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a. contempt b. joy c. humility d. pride

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Any drug-testing program, assuming it is warranted, must be careful to respect the dignity and rights of the persons to

be tested.

a. True b. False

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Li is sometimes translated as this English word

a. decorum b. civility c. propriety d. conformity

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Hume advocates a limited or mitigated skepticism. By this he means

A) what is usually called methodical skepticism. B) we should take knowledge claims with a grain of salt. C) we should believe nothing to be true. D) all knowledge amounts to "relations of ideas."

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