II. Evasive agnosticism is when a person uses the phrase "I don't know" as an excuse towards a certain subject. Unlike healthy agnosticism, where the knower cannot find an answer after long hours of research on a topic, evasive agnosticism is when the knower doesn't bother to do any work, and uses ignorance as an excuse for not knowing about the topic.
III. Narrow mindedness is when a person does not explore an issue because it does not meet his biases on what are important issues to explore.
2. Skepticism was a problem in reasoning during the era of WWI. Back in the early 1900's all of the European nations were developing an arms race. As each new weapon became invented, the countries announced that they were only using these weapons for defensive purposes. Unhealthy skepticism became involved, as the nations decided that each country was creating these weapons in order to gain the power to invade the other. Due to the fact that they did not believe one another, the European nations grew paranoid and they attacked each other in fear. If they hadn't been so skeptical of each another, these countries might have addressed the problems of the arms race in a reasonable manner.
2. Skepticism was a problem in reasoning during the era of WWI. Back in the early 1900's all of the European nations were developing an arms race. As each new weapon became invented, the countries announced that they were only using these weapons for defensive purposes. Unhealthy skepticism became involved, as the nations decided that each country was creating these weapons in order to gain the power to invade the other. Due to the fact that they did not believe one another, the European nations grew paranoid and they attacked each other in fear. If they hadn't been so skeptical of each another, these countries might have addressed the problems of the arms race in a reasonable manner.
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