"occam’s razor" is a principle holding that when we have competing explanations for events, the explanation that requires the fewest leaps of faith and that coheres most fully with other things we believe to be true is the best explanation.

a. true
b. false

What ideal of imagist poetry is best reflected in this poem by ezra pound in which he compares a crowded metro station to a flowering tree branch? in a station of the metro the apparition of these faces in the crowd; petals on a wet, black bough. a. poetry should be about urban subjects and ideas. b. old poetry should be rewritten in a modern style. c. poets should be able to describe ordinary subjects in new ways. d. poets should write about new subjects with conventional techniques.

Precarious subsistence voracious abysmal wood is to fire as food is to arrowright grinning is to cheerful as teetering is to arrowright conniving is to scheming as terrible is to arrowright mournful is to sad as gluttonous is to arrowright

Based on the speaker's viewpoint, whichstatement would he likely disagree with? imagination can be used to gain knowledge. individual knowledge is verified by experttestimony. true knowledge comes from thinking foryourself. knowledge comes from separating yourselffrom the crowd. education does not need to happen in alecture hall.