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Facts depend upon the language used to express them. An illustration of this principle would be:
 
  a. None of these choices.
  b. To say that I attended college is the same as to say that I graduated from
  college.
  c. To say that I am allergic to antibiotics is the same as to say that I had an
  allergic reaction once to Minocycline.
  d. To say that I am available is to say that I am single.

Question 2

As a parable, the story of the Blind Men and the Elephant can be interpreted to mean the following:
 
  a. All of these choices.
  b. We humans can misinterpret what we experience because our minds tend to
  superimpose what is familiar upon what is unfamiliar to us.
  c. All the men are blind in this story because of this habit of mind. d. The men are also blind because none can see or visualize the whole picture,
  i.e., the whole elephant.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 15, 2018
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