According to Shi'ite Muslim teaching, the first legitimate successor to Muhammad was his __________

a. cousin, Uthman
b. friend, Abu Bakr
c. friend, 'Umar
d. son-in-law, 'Ali
e. wife, Khadija


d

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a. claimed that even though we do not have certainty, we can have beliefs that are probable. b. were too skeptical to the point that they were impractical. c. were skeptical not only about sense experience, but also about religion. d. believed that nothing is selfevident and nothing can be proved.

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By pointing out that the perception of intense heat is identical to intense pain, Berkeley tries to convince us that

a. there really is no such thing as heat. b. heat does not exist outside of the mind. c. our sense experience deceives us. d. too much of a good thing can be bad.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Use an ordinary truth table to answer the following problems. Construct the truth table as per the instructions in the textbook. Given the statement: (A ? ? S) • (S • ?

A) This statement is: A) Valid. B) Tautologous. C) Self-contradictory. D) Contingent. E) Inconsistent.

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William James and Henry James, the novelist, were brothers

indicate whether this statement is true or false

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