Exercise: Are you familiar with the word, "pursy?" Provide a definition. If the term is unfamiliar, make a guess about its meaning based on its appearance or sound, and create your own definition. Then look the word up, and find out how close you got. (We provide a thumbnail meaning as answer.)

What will be an ideal response?


Short-winded because of corpulence.

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For Mill, the proper business of ethics is to tell us what are our duties or by what

test we may know them.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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According to Taoism, which is composed of five elements?

a. Only humans, not the cosmos b. Only the cosmos, not humans c. Both humans and the cosmos d. Neither humans nor the cosmos

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The final step in the reasoning process is to Consider the Consequences, which means _______

A. understanding who will be punished as a result of the conclusion B. understanding the reason one will be punished for accepting a false conclusion C. determining whether a conclusion is true or false by putting it into practice D. understand what is likely to happen if the conclusion is adopted

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What researcher wants to create an assessment system based on foresight and knowledge?

a. Renè von Schomberg c. Sheila Jasanoff b. John Rawls d. Isaac Asimov

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