critical thinking exam 1 with correct answers
What makes "judgment" different from simple apprehension? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔In
making a judgment we are connecting two terms together, whereas in a simple apprehension, we are
merely understanding a single concept or term.
What are the three "checks" for a deductive argument? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔We should
ask whether the terms are clear and unambiguous.
We should ask whether the premises are each true.
We should ask whether the argument is logically valid.
"Everyone in America and in the rest of the world"
According to what you learned in the Kreeft chapter, the above phrase is - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔a Term
"If an argument is logically valid, then its conclusion must be true."
True or False? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔False
Is there a problem with the following definition of murderer? A "murderer" is someone whose
actions cause the death of someone else. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The definition is too wide.
What kind of definition is the following? "Southern state" means Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Enumerative
, What form of categorical statement is the following statement?
No Ohioans are Texans. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
What kind of categorical statement is the following?
Some diamonds are not valuable objects. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔O
Put the following sentence into standard categorical form:
At least one car is not a Ford. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Some cars are not Fords.
In the Apology, accusations are raised against Socrates. In response to these accusations, he: - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔defends himself against the accusations and argues that he is not
harmful to Athens.
In the Apology, the Oracle says that Socrates is the "wisest." Socrates, however, has a very unique
interpretation of what the Oracle must have meant by "wisest." Socrates believes
that in truth he lacks most kinds of wisdom.
that by being aware that he lacks most kinds of wisdom, he is a step more wise than most people he
meets, who think they know more than they do.
that the Oracle must be saying the wisest human is the one who has the gift of being aware of when
he or she lacks knowledge. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔all of the above
What makes "judgment" different from simple apprehension? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔In
making a judgment we are connecting two terms together, whereas in a simple apprehension, we are
merely understanding a single concept or term.
What are the three "checks" for a deductive argument? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔We should
ask whether the terms are clear and unambiguous.
We should ask whether the premises are each true.
We should ask whether the argument is logically valid.
"Everyone in America and in the rest of the world"
According to what you learned in the Kreeft chapter, the above phrase is - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔a Term
"If an argument is logically valid, then its conclusion must be true."
True or False? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔False
Is there a problem with the following definition of murderer? A "murderer" is someone whose
actions cause the death of someone else. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The definition is too wide.
What kind of definition is the following? "Southern state" means Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Enumerative
, What form of categorical statement is the following statement?
No Ohioans are Texans. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
What kind of categorical statement is the following?
Some diamonds are not valuable objects. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔O
Put the following sentence into standard categorical form:
At least one car is not a Ford. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Some cars are not Fords.
In the Apology, accusations are raised against Socrates. In response to these accusations, he: - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔defends himself against the accusations and argues that he is not
harmful to Athens.
In the Apology, the Oracle says that Socrates is the "wisest." Socrates, however, has a very unique
interpretation of what the Oracle must have meant by "wisest." Socrates believes
that in truth he lacks most kinds of wisdom.
that by being aware that he lacks most kinds of wisdom, he is a step more wise than most people he
meets, who think they know more than they do.
that the Oracle must be saying the wisest human is the one who has the gift of being aware of when
he or she lacks knowledge. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔all of the above
