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roselinechinyere27m

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The criteria of truth offered by Descartes in the second Meditation are:
 
  A. certainty and reliability.
  B. clearness and distinctness.
 
  C. skepticism and solipsism.
  D. rationalism and empiricism.
 
  E. reason and sense perception.

Question 2

The purpose of Descartes' thought experiment with the lump of wax was to show that:
 
  A. the senses, in fact, do not lie.
 
  B. the evidence of the senses sometimes agrees with the insights of reason.
 
  C. the wax has no permanent properties.
  D. the wax has infinite properties.
 
  E. knowledge must be founded on reason rather than sense perception.


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aadams68

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E


roselinechinyere27m

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
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