What is the accordion effect?
a. The tendency of technology to improve music c. A feature of descriptive language b. The tendency of technology to supplant artistry d. A feature of artifact innovation
ANS: C
The accordion effect is a feature of descriptive language; we can choose to provide a description of act action that includes the artifact involved, or a collapsed version that conceals it.
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A) Invalid, illicit contrary. B) Invalid, illicit subalternation. C) Valid. D) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. E) Invalid, illicit contraposition.
Of the following, who is a leading proponent of preference utilitarianism, believing that the ethical project has to begin with the belief that we cannot favor ourselves and that our interests are intertwined with those of others?
a. Peter Singer b. G.E. Moore c. Herbert Simon d. John Stuart Mill
Akhenaton's veneration of the sun-god, Aton, is an example of which type of religious worship?
A. polytheism B. monotheism C. animism D. henotheism
Which of the following is most clearly advocated by Aurelius?
a. Do as many different things as one can b. Realize one's own importance c. Ask God for forgiveness d. Do only that which is necessary