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Introduction to Philosophy

1. According to Einstein, _________ will be perceived the same whether the observer is

moving or not.

Space-time continuum

String theory

The speed of light

Theory of Relativity

2. Einstein’s theory about the ______implies that reality has four dimensions, not three.

Space-time continuum

String theory

The speed of light

Theory of Relativity

3. _______________is based on the claim that the ultimate building blocks of reality aren’t subatomic particles, but even smaller vibrating one-dimensional strings of energy.

Space-time continuum

String theory

The speed of light

Theory of Relativity

4. The world of subatomic particles spawned a separate branch of physics called quan- tum mechanics.

True

False

5. Imagine two twins. One gets onto a space ship and travels close to the speed of light for what the ship’s clocks record as a few months. The other twin remains on earth. When the space ship returns, there will be no difference in their ages.

True

False

6. Imagine that you are standing still, while a friend of yours is on a train heading north. You see two lightning bolts strike the ground at the same instant – one to the north and the other to the south. Einstein would say that your friend on the train experi- ences things differently, seeing the northern bolt strike before the southern bolt.

True

False

7. Unlike Newton, Einstein believes that space is constant and absolute and cannot “bend.”

True

True

Kohlberg’s

Gilligan’s

Perry

10. If we are at Perry’s second stage, “ unacceptable multiplicity,” and we hear two op- posite accounts of the causes of the Reformation, we would probably think that one, but only one, of the two accounts is true.

A. True B. False

11. In Belenky’s first stage, “____________,” knowledge is what some external authority says it is.

Constructed knowledge

Received knowledge

Subjective knowledge

Constructed knowledge

Received knowledge

Subjective knowledge

Procedural knowledge

13. If we combine the two perspectives represented by Kohlberg and Gilligan, the prob- lem of the moral justification of an action becomes more difficult and involved.

A. True B. False

14. Sex refers to societal roles, whereas gender refers to biology.

A. True B. False

15. In Perry’s final stage, “relativism,” we generally believe that truth is a function of cultural norms.

A. True B. False

16. According to Gilligan, in the view of most women, “the moral person is one who can understand and act in accordance with philosophical principles such as Kant’s ‘cat- egorical imperative’”

A. True B. False

17. “Human” and “person” are different, but related, ideas. “Human” is a biological concept, while “person” is a _____________ concept.

A. Theological B. Philosophical C. Scientific
D. Emotional

18. Humans’ curiosity about dolphins can be traced back at least to ancient__________.

A. Rome
B. China
C. Greece
D. None of the above

19. The one dolphin sense that acts as both their eyes and ears in the water is like the modern human sonar system onboard submarines.

A. True B. False

20. Dolphins have a body temperature of _________ degrees.

A. 98.6 B. 96.8 C. 90.2 D. 92.2

21. As far as the criteria for “personhood” are concerned, dolphins probably do possess “awareness” because the fact that they can be so easily trained shows that they are

aware of the external world and able to interact with it.

A. True B. False

22. The fact that dolphins can perform leaps, dives and flips on cue from trainers: prove that dolphins are not intelligent enough to be persons, because persons would not perform such menial behaviors.

A. True B. False

23. In terms of the criteria for personhood developed in this chapter, dolphins, on bal- ance, did pretty well.

A. True B. False

24. Dolphins live very solitary lives.

A. True B. False

25. One reason for choosing dolphins for such an inquiry is that it lets us keep the con- cept “person” from being too heavily colored by the notion “human.” This is possible because there are substantial differences between humans and dolphins.

A. True B. False

 

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Write a Critical Précis for the following passages. Include an argument diagram and identify the argument type when appropriate. Additionally, evaluate the strength of any causal arguments, and justify your evaluation.                         

                      Ex 8.9

7. (1). Among people who use multiple dietary supplements, fish oil/omega-3 supplements now top multivitamins in popularity. (2) The conclusion is based on 6,012 responses collected in November from a sampling of subscribers to our free e-newsletter. (3) Fish oil/omega-3 supplements were used by 74% of respondents, followed in popularity by multivitamins, which were used by 72%. —ConsumerLab.com.

This passage from ConsumerLab.com

10.(1) For-profit hospices do not focus on the best interests of their patients. (2) In one study assessing the impact of ownership status on care provided to patients, researchers found that patients receiving care from for-profit hospices received a narrower range of services than patients from non-profit hospices. (3) The narrower range of services meant that patients with for-profit hospices were not receiving as much counseling services, medications, and personal care. —Carlson, Gallo, and Bradley, “Ownership Status and Patterns of Care in Hospice”

This passage is from Carlson, Gallo, and Bradley, “Ownership Status and Patterns of Care in Hospice an argument.

                                    Ex 9.9

1.     (1) The University of Hawaii at Manoa is a lot like the University of Colorado at Denver. (2) They are both public, coeducational universities located in the capital city of their state, and they both have student populations of approximately 20,000 students. Since (1) 64% of the students at the University of Hawaii are of Asian or Pacific Island descent, approximately the same number of students at the University of Coloradoat Denver are of Asian or Pacific Island descent.

                            Ex 10.9

1.     (1) Recently researchers compared 286 depressed workers with 193 others who were not depressed. Since (2) only the depressed workers had such problems as fatigue, lack of motivation, and trouble managing their usual workload, researchers concluded that depression was the cause of their problems at work. —American Journal of Health Promotion

 

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WhaleCo acquired all of the common stock of MinnowCo early in year 1 for $900,000, and MinnowCo immediately elected to join WhaleCo’s consolidated Federal income tax return. As part of the takeover, WhaleCo also acquired $300,000 of MinnowCo bonds. The results of MinnowCo for the first few years of the group operations were reported as follows.

Tax Year                    Operating Gain/Loss                    Stock Basis

1                                      $ 100,000

2                                        (800,000)

3                                        (600,000)

Determine WhaleCo’s basis in its MinnowCo common stock as of the end of each tax year.

 

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I need help with this question-

 I can get the number for the manual and collating but I think I am missing a portion of the equation that relates to the “60 percent” portion.  Can you help?

Automatic versus Manual Processing

Mid-Town Copy Service processes 1,800,000 photocopies per month at its mid-town service center.

Approximately 60 percent of the photocopies require collating. Collating is currently performed by

high school and college students who are paid $9 per hour. Each student collates an average of

5,000 copies per hour. Management is contemplating the lease of an automatic collating machine

that has a monthly capacity of 5,000,000 photocopies, with lease and operating costs totaling

$1,056, plus $0.04 per 1,000 units collated.

(a) Determine the total costs of collating 500,000 and 1,300,000 per month:

1. With student help:

 500,000- $

 1,300,000- $

2. With the collating machine:

500,000- $ ????

1,300,000- $ ????

(b) Determine the monthly volume at which the automatic process becomes preferable to the

manual process.

 

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