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Rationalists say that there are some truths (like "2+2=4") about the world that we can know independently of sense experience. Ayer would object that

    { 1 } - any truth about the world must be based on sense experience.
    { 2 } - "2+2=4" is based on language conventions -- and so isn't a truth about the world.
    { 3 } - Ayer would make both of these objections.

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

Rationalists say that there are some truths (like "2+2=4") about the world that we can know independently of sense experience. Ayer would object that

Whatever we can know about the world must be base on sense experience.

But we can know, in addition, some "analytic truths" that are based on language conventions -- truths such as "All bachelors are single" and "2+2=4." These don't tell us anything about the world.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

Rationalists say that there are some truths (like "2+2=4") about the world that we can know independently of sense experience. Ayer would object that

    { 1 } - any truth about the world must be based on sense experience.
    { 2 } - "2+2=4" is based on language conventions -- and so isn't a truth about the world.
    { 3 } - Ayer would make both of these objections.

Whatever we can know about the world must be base on sense experience.

But we can know, in addition, some "analytic truths" that are based on language conventions -- truths such as "All bachelors are single" and "2+2=4." These don't tell us anything about the world.

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3 is correct!

Rationalists say that there are some truths (like "2+2=4") about the world that we can know independently of sense experience. Ayer would object that

    { 1 } - any truth about the world must be based on sense experience.
    { 2 } - "2+2=4" is based on language conventions -- and so isn't a truth about the world.
    { 3 } - Ayer would make both of these objections.

Whatever we can know about the world must be base on sense experience.

But we can know, in addition, some "analytic truths" that are based on language conventions -- truths such as "All bachelors are single" and "2+2=4." These don't tell us anything about the world.

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