Concerning the attempt to construct an ideal, logically rigorous language, the later Wittgenstein said
a. the project is a necessary one, though still unfinished.
b. the project is a necessary one, but Russell had gone about it in the wrong way.
c. it is impossible to improve on ordinary language.
d. his later work had achieved this goal.
c.
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"What are we waiting for? Are we going to continue wasting taxpayers' dollars on prisons when we could provide murderers the required literacy and return them to society?" commits the fallacy of
A) begging the question B) begging the question against C) complex question D) false alternatives E) accident
The theory that talk of all things is reducible to talk of sensations.
A. perceptionism B. phenomenalism C. direct realism D. representative realism
“The defendant should be acquitted insofar as the evidence is weak and the witnesses are unreliable.” Which of the following claims represents the conclusion of this argument?
a. The defendant should be acquitted. b. The evidence is weak. c. The witnesses are unreliable.
Bertrand Russell argues that the free man __________
a. will not abandon the struggle for personal happiness b. will be focused on his temporary desires c. will burn with passion for eternal things d. will find liberation in contemplation of God