Critical Thinking PHIL1005 Milestone 4 Exam With Questions & Answers (Sophia Critical Thinking PHIL1005 Milestone 4)

Critical Thinking PHIL1005 Milestone 4
Exam With Questions & Answers (Sophia
Critical Thinking PHIL1005 Milestone 4)
Consider the following statement:
An explanation should not attempt to explain more than the facts at hand.
Which condition of a good explanation does this describe?

-Modesty
-Depth
-Explanatoriness
-Falsifiability - -Modesty

-What is the probability of rolling a 16 or higher on a 20-sided die?

-0.25
-0.2795106639
-0.0000005374957
-0.0000003125 - -0.25

-What is the probability that you would fail to successively roll two 6s on a 6-
sided die?

-0.3333333333
-0.9722222222
-0.6666666667
-0.02777777778 - -0.9722222222

-How does a moral cognitivist view moral statements?

-As being true or false
-As normative beliefs
-As deductive arguments
-As expressing a feeling - -As being true or false

-How can we describe inference to the best explanation?

-It is inference to the correct explanation.
-It is inference to the most plausible explanation.
-It is inference to the first explanation.
-It is inference to the only explanation. - -It is inference to the most plausible
explanation.

-What is true of non-rational persuasion?