If Authorities Are Not Infallible and We Cannot Trust Their

question 28

Multiple Choice

If authorities are not infallible and we cannot trust their expertise, then no one point of view is ultimately more valid than another.This is an example of what philosophical view?

• A)relativism
• B)authoritarianism
• C)hedonism
• D)communism

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Definitions:

Mathematical Difference

The result of subtracting one quantity from another.

Range

The difference between the largest and smallest values in a dataset, a measure of spread or variability.

Hypotheses

Theoretical statements set forth for experimentation that predict a possible relationship between two or more variables, which may include both null and alternative hypotheses.

Interquartile Range

A measure of statistical dispersion, equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles, representing the middle 50% of the data.