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Physiology
Undergraduate 2
11/09/2010

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Metaphysics
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theory of reality as such; based on reality
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Materialism
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is the view that reality only consists of matter and the properties of matter
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Gensis makes it clear that the serpent of the Garden of Eden is the devil
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FALSE
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Philosophy means....
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"love of wisdom"
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Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy
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that is concerned with the distinction between beautiful and ugly
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A sound argument if a vaild argument that has true premises
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TRUE
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The conclusion of and inductive argument...
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is intended to follow from the premises with a certain degree of probability
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Empiricism is the view that...
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knowledge is based ultimately of experience
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Epistemology is the branch of philosophy...
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that is concerned with the nature of knowledge
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A proposition cannot be a question
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TRUE
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Rationalism
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is the view that is based ultimately on principles of reason
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Deductive Argument is
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an argument in which the conclusion is intended to follow necessarily from the premises
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Ethics is the branch of philosophy...
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that is concerned with the distinction between right and wrong
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The cosmological argument...
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is an argument for the existence of God that proceeds from some observable fact about the universe
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A theist...
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is one who believes in a god or gods of any kind
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Pantheist believes...
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that God is immanent in but not transcendent to the world
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Transcendent
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"aloof, beyond the world" used to suggest that God cannot be identified with or is not concerned with the world
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Dogmatism says..
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that a claim or belief for which that is insufficient evidence
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Agnostic believes
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not sufficient evidence to either affirm or deny the existence of God
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An agnostic believes..
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that there is no sufficient evidence to disprove or prove God's existence
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The essence of a thing is that which makes the thing what it is...
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TRUE
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a theodicy is...
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an attempt to reconcile the existence of God with the presence of evil in the world
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The Problem of Divine Omniscience is...
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intended to prove that the god of traditional theism does not exist
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Every sound argument is...
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a valid argument.
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According to the Ontological Arugument, God is that than which nothing greater can be concieved
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TRUE
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According to the Cosmological Argument, Gos is the non-contingent ground of contingent being
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TRUE
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The conclusion of a sound argument must be
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true.
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A deductive argument is...
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an arguement in which the conclusion is intended to follow necessarily from the premises
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The problem of evil suggests that...
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there is no such thing as a being that is perfect in power, knowledge, and goodness because if god was perfect there would not be evil
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In the Book of Genesis the name Satan does not appear
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TRUE
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A Theodicy is...
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an attempt to reconcile the presence of evil in the world with the idea of a prefect Creator
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For a proposition to be true...
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all must know is true.
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One who believes in a god or gods of any kind is called...
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a theist
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A contingent being...
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is something that depends on something else for its existence such as a chair
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A problem can be solved...true or flase
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False, because an argument cannot be solved unless you attack the premises and prove they are false.
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What is Universal Determinism?
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Is the view that every event is that inevitable outcome of antecedent conditions
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What is the First Sense of Freedom?
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The ability to do what you want with coercion of constraint
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What is the Second Sense of Freedom?
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The power to choose otherwise given the exact same conditions
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