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A posteriori knowledge is derived without reference to experience. Answer: The basic law of identity is compatible with the memory standard of identity. Answer: F According to Occasionalism, there is a perfect preestablished harmony between mind and body. Answer: F […]

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics lays out the basis for a Virtue Ethics. Answer: Virtue Ethics focuses on development of character. Answer: T A priori knowledge is derived from experience. Answer: F According to Berkeley, physical substance does not exist. Answer: T […]

Descartes believed the mind and brain were the same thing. Answer: Anarchists deny the legitimacy of all governmental powers. Answer: T Hume maintained there was good reason to remain skeptical about knowledge. Answer: T The Ontological argument defines God as […]

Kant credits Hume for awakening him from his “dogmatic slumber”. Answer: According to Locke, if a sovereign fails to do its duty, the people will have the right to overthrown the sovereign. Answer: T Emotivism is an Argument from Diversity. […]

According to Sartre, the only thing man did not choose was his own existence. Answer: Hume’s ethics introduces the concept of Utility later employed in Utilitarianism. Answer: T The Ancient Greeks believed change was superior to permanence. Answer: F Both […]

According to Hume, determinism is essential for free will. Answer: According to Campbell, our power of free will is a creative power which comes into play when our desires conflict with morality. Answer: T Narratives are always accurate. Answer: F […]