Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. If a theory cannot be falsified under any circumstances, it must be true.
2. Abraham Lincoln can be seen as a psychological egoist because regardless of how unselfishly he acted, he expressed the theory that everyone acts selfishly.
3. The fallacy of the suppressed correlative is used to argue that psychological egoism is wrong.
4. The principle of falsification was advanced by Karl Popper.
5. An ethical egoist is a person who believes that everybody is selfish.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False

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