Phil 105 Final Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Acceptability, relevance, and sufficiency - CORRECT ANSWER - The three criteria for
evaluating an argument are
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - The careful application of reason in the
determination of whether a claim is true
Premise - CORRECT ANSWER - A claim offered as a reason for believing another claim
Opinion - CORRECT ANSWER - A view or judgment formed about something, not
necessarily based on fact or knowledge
The truth of the premise counts in favor of the argument's conclusion - CORRECT
ANSWER - A premise to an argument is relevant to that argument's conclusion if:
The premises, taken together, give a strong enough reason to accept the conclusion - CORRECT
ANSWER - The premises of an argument are sufficient if:
A deductive argument - CORRECT ANSWER - An argument in which the conclusion
cannot be false, if the premises are true
An Inductive argument - CORRECT ANSWER - An argument in which the conclusion is
held to be improbable, if the premises are true
A fallacy - CORRECT ANSWER - A defect in an argument that consists in something
other than merely false premises
, Cogent Argument - CORRECT ANSWER - The acceptable, relevant premises are
sufficient to support the conclusion
Valid Argument - CORRECT ANSWER - It is impossible for the premises to be true while
the conclusion is false
Difference between "argument" and "explanation" - CORRECT ANSWER - Explanations
merely seek to inform, whereas argument seek to persuade
the basis for determining the relative weakness or strength of an argument - CORRECT
ANSWER - The amount of support the premises provide for the conclusion
Value Judgments - CORRECT ANSWER - Judgments concerning "matters of taste" or
ethical determinations
Dysphemisms (loaded terms) - CORRECT ANSWER - Words which carry strong emotive
value or associative power
Rhetoric - CORRECT ANSWER - The discipline or practice frequently referred to as "the
art of persuasion"
Equivocation - CORRECT ANSWER - The fallacy of sliding from one meaning of a term
to another in the middle of an argument. In
other words, using an ambiguous term in more than one sense, thus making an argument
misleading
An interested party - CORRECT ANSWER - A person who stands to gain something from
our belief in a claim is known as
A disinterested party - CORRECT ANSWER - A person who stands to gain nothing from
our belief in a claim is known as
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Acceptability, relevance, and sufficiency - CORRECT ANSWER - The three criteria for
evaluating an argument are
Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER - The careful application of reason in the
determination of whether a claim is true
Premise - CORRECT ANSWER - A claim offered as a reason for believing another claim
Opinion - CORRECT ANSWER - A view or judgment formed about something, not
necessarily based on fact or knowledge
The truth of the premise counts in favor of the argument's conclusion - CORRECT
ANSWER - A premise to an argument is relevant to that argument's conclusion if:
The premises, taken together, give a strong enough reason to accept the conclusion - CORRECT
ANSWER - The premises of an argument are sufficient if:
A deductive argument - CORRECT ANSWER - An argument in which the conclusion
cannot be false, if the premises are true
An Inductive argument - CORRECT ANSWER - An argument in which the conclusion is
held to be improbable, if the premises are true
A fallacy - CORRECT ANSWER - A defect in an argument that consists in something
other than merely false premises
, Cogent Argument - CORRECT ANSWER - The acceptable, relevant premises are
sufficient to support the conclusion
Valid Argument - CORRECT ANSWER - It is impossible for the premises to be true while
the conclusion is false
Difference between "argument" and "explanation" - CORRECT ANSWER - Explanations
merely seek to inform, whereas argument seek to persuade
the basis for determining the relative weakness or strength of an argument - CORRECT
ANSWER - The amount of support the premises provide for the conclusion
Value Judgments - CORRECT ANSWER - Judgments concerning "matters of taste" or
ethical determinations
Dysphemisms (loaded terms) - CORRECT ANSWER - Words which carry strong emotive
value or associative power
Rhetoric - CORRECT ANSWER - The discipline or practice frequently referred to as "the
art of persuasion"
Equivocation - CORRECT ANSWER - The fallacy of sliding from one meaning of a term
to another in the middle of an argument. In
other words, using an ambiguous term in more than one sense, thus making an argument
misleading
An interested party - CORRECT ANSWER - A person who stands to gain something from
our belief in a claim is known as
A disinterested party - CORRECT ANSWER - A person who stands to gain nothing from
our belief in a claim is known as
