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clmills979

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Descartes' method of doubt tells us to:
 
  A. doubt everything except truths of arithmetic and logic.
 
  B. accept nothing that is not beyond a reasonable doubt.
 
  C. accept only those beliefs that don't contradict what we already know.
 
  D. accept only those beliefs that can be deduced from things we already know.
 
  E. accept only what can be known with absolute certainty.

Question 2

The heart of the epistemological turn was:
 
  A. Descartes' method of inquiry.
 
  B. making questions of epistemology logically prior to questions of metaphysics.
 
  C. realizing that questions of being take precedence over questions of knowing.
 
  D. Leibniz's criteria of truth and certainty.
  E. Cartesian doubt.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: E

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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