evidence to support Quines claims about the problems inherent in classical empiricism
an account of Quines counterproposal to one of the traditional assumptions of classical empiricism
an overview of classical empiricism and its contributions to Quines alternate understanding of empiricism
a history of classical empiricism and Quines reservations about it
18. According to Quines conception of empiricism, if a new observation were to contradict some statement already within our system of knowledge, which of the following would be true?
The new observation would be rejected as untrue.
Both the observation and the statement in our system that it contradicted would be discarded.
New observations would be added to our web of statements in order to expand our system of knowledge.
The observation or some part of our web of statements would need to be adjusted to resolve the contradiction.
An entirely new field of knowledge would be created.
19. As described in the passage, Quines specific argument against classical empiricism would be most strengthened if he did which of the following?
Provided evidence that many observations are actually hallucinations.
Explained why new observations often invalidate preexisting generalizations.
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