PrepTest 115, Section 1, Question 26
Some philosophers find the traditional, subjective approach to(449 more words not shown)
The author characterizes certain philosophers(17 more words not shown)
- AThese philosophers believe(18 more words not shown)
- BThese philosophers favor(15 more words not shown)
- CThese philosophers maintain(11 more words not shown)
- DThese philosophers hold(13 more words not shown)
- EThese philosophers employ(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
These philosophers defend subjective experience as evidence. They resist scientific appeals that conflict with introspection and object to excluding subjective data from knowledge. Four answers should fit that position; we're looking for the extra claim we weren't given.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Defending introspection as a source of knowledge doesn't mean telling scientists to study nerve impulses through introspection. Nerve transmission is the opening's example of externally observable research. Nothing says these philosophers want scientists to conduct that particular research subjectively.
- B
Paragraph two says scientific appeals don't persuade them when those appeals conflict with introspective data. That supports favoring subjective evidence in the stated conflict.
- C
They argue that knowledge depends on experience, including subjective experience. That's why they regard it as an essential part of studying the mind.
- D
Yes. Their objection is that objective data leave out a part of experience: subjective experience. So objective evidence doesn't cover the full range they consider relevant.
- E
The opening describes subjective evidence as private evidence available to a particular individual. These philosophers remain committed to using it.
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