Descartes assumes that certainty is required in order for a person to correctly be said to know a proposition.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


Answer: True.

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Naive realism is the belief that

a. there is no reality outside my mind and its contents. b. the properties we perceive objects to have are the properties they really do have in the external world. c. there is a real, external world, but because of the limitations of human knowledge we cannot know what it is like. d. the belief that God and the soul are real entities .

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Who said we should have a government of laws and not men?

a. Thomas Jefferson c. Ben Franklin b. John Adams d. Thomas Mifflin

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Russell’s theory of meaning is called the

a. pragmatic theory of meaning. b. existential theory of meaning. c. coherence theory of meaning. d. referential theory of meaning.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The author of John clearly states that his purpose is to inspire faith in Jesus' divinity. 2. Paul described John as one of the three pillars of the Jerusalem church. 3. John's Gospel is one of the few components of the New Testament whose authorship is unquestioned. 4. Many historians believe the apostle John was executed by Herod Agrippa about 41-43 CE. 5. Based upon historical evidence, the Gospel of John is usually dated to about 70 CE.

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