Observations that fail to square with a theory

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1. According to Aristotle, acting well means seeking ______.

A.     the midpoint between excess and deficiency
B.     to treat others as you would like to be treated
C.     strict control of one’s emotions
D.     to eliminate one’s selfish ego

2. According to Thomas Kuhn, observations that fail to square with a theory are ________.

A.     falsifications
B.     revolutions
C.     crises
D.     anomalies

3. According to Friedrich Nietzsche, ________.

A.     no moral code is better than any other
B.     there is no absolute truth
C.     All of the above
D.     a and c only

4. Kanzi the chimp is said to have used language by ________.

A.     making hand gestures
B.     pointing to printed symbols on a board
C.     aiming a flashlight at words on a chalkboard
D.     None of the above

5. The starting point of existentialism, for Sartre is the idea that ________.

A.     humanism is better than religion
B.     human beings are “condemned to be free”
C.     a human being is defined by rationality
D.     the ultimate meaning of the universe is beyond our understanding

6. For the ________, the self is whatever we choose to make it.

A.     existentialist
B.     pragmatist
C.     materialist
D.     phenomenologist

7. In the dialogue of the same name, Euthyphro defines holiness as ________.

A.     prosecuting anyone who is guilty of murder, sacrilege, or similar crime
B.     that part of justice that involves service to the gods
C.     All of the above
D.     None of the above

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