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PHIL-1100 COMPLETE LATEST EXAM SET WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PHIL-1100 COMPLETE LATEST EXAM SET WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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PHIL-1100 COMPLETE LATEST EXAMSET WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
All statements are either true or false. - correct answer-✅True.
In the following argument, which is not a premise? "It's 9 pm. We should go get something to eat. I'm
starving, and the dining hall is about to close." - correct answer-✅We should go get something to eat.
Consider the following argument:
1. All ravens are black. (Assumption)
2. If Heckle is a bird, then Heckle is a raven. (Assumption)
3. Heckle is a bird. (Assumption)
4. Heckle is a raven.
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Heckle is black. (From 1, 4)
What is the correct justification for premise (4)? - correct answer-✅(From 2, 3)
Consider the following argument:
1. I enjoy art.
2. If I enjoy art, I should attend a school that has an Art Department.
3. Auburn has an Art Department.
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I should attend Auburn.
What implicit premise should be added to this argument? - correct answer-✅I should attend a school
that has an Art Department.
What is the Principle of Charity? - correct answer-✅One should interpret a text as sympathetically as
possible.
All arguments are either truth-preserving (TP) or non-truth-preserving (NTP). - correct answer-✅True.
What is the test for soundness? - correct answer-✅The argument is valid, and all its premises are true.
A truth-preserving argument has the form of a _________. - correct answer-✅chain
A non-truth-preserving argument has the form of a _______. - correct answer-✅heap
One can rationally reject the conclusion of a valid argument. - correct answer-✅True
The following is an example of which kind of argument?
"You should get a puppy. Having a pet teaches responsibility. A dog is great companion, and will make
you feel less lonely, and it may even help you meet people." - correct answer-✅Non-truth-preserving
(NTP)
A fallacious argument exhibits at least one of three fundamental flaws. Here are two:
- It is an attempted TP argument that is invalid.
- It depends on a false (or unacceptable) premise.
What is the third? - correct answer-✅It is an attempted NTP argument that is weak.
The framing question of the dialogue is "What is _____" - correct answer-✅piety
The framing question of the dialogue is satisfactorily answered by the end. - correct answer-✅False
What does a good philosophical analysis of a concept discover? - correct answer-✅Necessary and
sufficient conditions for the concept.
In logical terms, what does "A is necessary for B" mean? - correct answer-✅If B is true, then A must be
true.
If a theory T of X is not necessary for X, how should the theory be adjusted? - correct answer-✅A
condition should be deleted from T.
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