What Philosophical Implications Did the Creation of the Pascaline Have

question 10

Multiple Choice

What philosophical implications did the creation of the Pascaline have?

• A) It challenged Descartes' assertion that only humans had the capacity for rational calculation.
• B) It called Locke's theories about associationism into question.
• C) It undercut Hobbes's argument that human reasoning was a form of mathematical calculation.
• D) It caused Leibniz to be troubled by the thought of a machine that could calculate numbers better than a human being.

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