The point of Ackerman's "lost children" example is to:
A. show that science progresses because of the efforts of a few exceptional individuals.
B. illustrate Kuhn's theory.
C. show how science should be done.
D. show that credit for successes belongs to science as an institution, rather than to individual scientists.
E. show that credit for successes belongs to individuals who employ original techniques.
Answer: D
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a. morality consists in following certain rules. b. virtue is the correct balance between the extremes. c. moral virtue consists of having the correct beliefs. d. morality is merely a matter of subjective choice.
Marx and Engels write, "What else does the history of ideas prove, than that intellectual production changes its character in proportion as material production changes? The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class." If this is true, then
A) philosophy determines economics. B) the charges against communism made from a religious and philosophical viewpoint are not worth considering. C) the charges against communism made from a religious and philosophical viewpoint are worth considering. D) philosophy shapes the ruling class.
One theory of pacifism rests on the immorality of killing. Which of the following is
a common argument advanced by advocates of this view?
a. The Argument from the Biblical Prohibition on Killing b. The Sacredness of Life Argument c. The Right to Life Argument d. All of the above
Parfit's Division thought experiment is intended to show that the brain theory is probably true.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)