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1
John Dewey was primarily interested in abstract metaphysical issues.
A)True
B)False
2
The logical positivists rejected metaphysical and moral claims as meaningless nonsense.
A)True
B)False
3
Bertrand Russell argued that the world consists of many independent atomic facts rather than a single all-encompassing Hegelian Oneness.
A)True
B)False
4
Phenomenalists believe that there are no physical objects, just sense data.
A)True
B)False
5
The perceived failure of phenomenalism led philosophers like Richard Rorty to adopt a foundationalist view of knowledge.
A)True
B)False
6
According to W. V. O. Quine, physical objects are theoretical posits, not constructs out of sense data.
A)True
B)False
7
Rorty adopts a nonrealist, nonrepresentationalist conception of truth as that which meets the current standards of rationality of a particular group of speakers.
A)True
B)False
8
The philosopher who rejected Wittgenstein's Tractatus as resting on an incorrect portrayal of the relation of language to the world was.
A)Ludwig Wittgenstein
B)William James
9
Indeterminacy of translation is the idea that alternative incompatible translations of a language are equally consistent with the linguistic behavior of native speakers of the language.
A)True
B)False
10
According to Saul Kripke, the meaning of a proper name for a thing is synonymous with a description of the thing.
A)True
B)False
11
According to ontological realism, ontological investigation can disclose objective truth.
A)True
B)False
12
Richard Rorty maintains that, even though each culture has its own constraints on inquiry (standards of rational discourse), there are universal constraints on inquiry that define the objective standpoint for everyone.
A)True
B)False





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