"Weasel words" are words used to evade or retreat from a direct or forthright statement

a. True
b. False


True

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The Turing Test is used to decide if

a. a computer program has intelligence. b. an action is virtuous or not. c. consciousness is identical to brain states. d. a subject is lying or not.

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Beliefs about fetal life will have no bearing on general attitudes toward children

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The definition "'Hardboiled' means, in reference to an egg, that it spins rapidly when twirled on a flat surface" is an example of:

A) A precising definition. B) A demonstrative definition. C) An etymological definition. D) An operational definition. E) A definition by genus and difference.

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Generally, the various forms of Gnosticism, according to Placher, were predicated upon a dualism of

a) male/female b) God/Satan c) body/soul d) Jew/Gentile

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