Descartes Had an Intellectual Crisis When

question 53

Multiple Choice

Descartes had an intellectual crisis when:

• A)he failed his first university course
• B)he could not embrace God through introspection
• C)it occurred to him that everything he had ever learned was useless
• D)he observed that mechanical statues could perform a complex series of movements

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.