ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS PRACTICE MILESTONE LATEST 2020 (A GRADE)

ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS PRACTICE MILESTONE Latest 2020 (A GRADE) UNIT 1 PRACTICE MILESTONE You passed this Practice Milestone. When you take the actual Milestone, you must score 50% or higher to pass. 21 questions were answered correctly. 4 questions were answered incorrectly. 1 Budapest is a city in Hungary. Roland was born in Budapest. Therefore, Roland was born in Hungary. Assuming that both premises are true, evaluate the argument and determine which of the answer options describes it. • Inductive, strong, cogent • Deductive, valid, sound • Deductive, invalid, unsound • Inductive, weak, uncogent RATIONALE The inferential claim in this example is one of logical certainty, and is about definition and form rather than cause and effect. As a result, this a deductive argument. Because a case cannot exist in which the premises are true and the conclusion is false, this argument is valid. Also, this argument is sound because the premises are true. CONCEPT Evaluating an Argument in Action 2 All of the statements are central themes of Parmenidean metaphysics, EXCEPT: • The world we sense is genuine. • The opinions of mortal men are universally unreliable. • The Parmenidean worldview contradicts the world we are familiar with. • The universe is one, unchanging entity. RATIONALE Parmenidean metaphysics establishes a division between the mortal world (i.e., the world of the senses) and reality. Reality is "what is;" it is eternal and unchanging. The world of the senses is "what is not," a transient and illusory world of change. Therefore, Parmenides would not say that the world we sense is genuine. All of the other statements accurately represent Parmenidean metaphysics. CONCEPT Parmenides and the Doctrine of Permanence 3 Nancy was talking with a friend about immigration in the U.S. Nancy believes that illegal immigration to the United States is harmful to the nation, and that antiimmigration laws should be strictly applied.