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PHI 101 TEST 1 QUIZZES 90 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER If the search for good reasons for our beliefs is carried far enough, the searcher confronts questions of _______________ general, fundamental - CORRECT ANSWER Philosophical questions have two characteristics: they are highly ________ and highly ____________ exploring, examining - CORRECT ANSWER philosophical thinking includes both ___________ and _____________ beliefs clearness, reasonable, consisten...

PHILOSOPHY 105 MIDTERM 1 EXAM 95 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS Attempt to establish a claim is true with at least one premise - CORRECT ANSWER Argument reasons that support the claim - CORRECT ANSWER Premise the leap from reasons to conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER Inference The claim - CORRECT ANSWER Conclusion questions/ requests for information - CORRECT ANSWER Interrogative Sentences commands - CORRECT ANSWER Imperative Sentences momentary expression of feeling - CORRECT ANSW...

PHIL 125 FINAL REVIEW EXAM 113 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS A set of reasons that show that something is true or untrue, right or wrong, etc. - CORRECT ANSWER What is an argument? A premise of an argument is the statement of reason of why you are right. - CORRECT ANSWER What is a premise in an argument? A conclusion is the statement for which you are giving reasons - CORRECT ANSWER What is the conclusion of an argument? Distinguish premises from the conclusion and commit yourself to...

PHIL 105 CH 4 EXAM 190 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS True - CORRECT ANSWER T/F: the conclusion of inductive arguments might be false even when all the premises are true True - CORRECT ANSWER T/F: the premises of an inductive argument should make it probable that the conclusion will be true some measure of how likely we are to be correct if we draw a conclusion based on the evidence presented - CORRECT ANSWER what is the least we can expect from an inductive argument? refers to its st...

Phil 105 Exam 2_73 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS -False Dichotomy -False or Misleading Presupposition -Begging the question -Attacking the straw man -Slippery Slope -Gambler's Fallacy - CORRECT ANSWER Fallacies of Unwanted Assumption -Consists of a consideration of only the two extremes when there are one or more intermediate possibilities -Ex: either we eliminate funding or we continue with current funding - CORRECT ANSWER False Dichotomy -Do you still beat your wife -D...

PHIL 105 LESSON 6,7,8 AND 10 EXAM 215 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS B. Some As are Bs. A is not correct. The intersection of the A circle and the B circle contains an X. The statement "no As are Bs" requires the intersection to be shaded. So "no As are Bs" is inconsistent with "Kel As are Bs." B is correct. Because the intersection of the A circle and the B circle contains an X, this means that some As are Bs. C is not correct. There is in X in the part of the A circle tha...

PHIL 105 QUIZ 1 STUDY GUIDE 65 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS acceptability, relevance, and sufficiency - CORRECT ANSWER the 3 criteria for evaluating an argument the careful application of reason in the determination of whether a claim is true - CORRECT ANSWER which answer best describes critical thinking? a claim offered as a reason for believing another claim - CORRECT ANSWER What is a premise? a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge -...

PH 105 HUMAN NATURE SEMINAR FINAL SOCCIO REIF 180 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS False - CORRECT ANSWER QUIZ 7: #1 True or False Hedonism is the general term for any philosophy that says that goodness creates pleasure. True - CORRECT ANSWER QUIZ 7: #2 True or False Aristippus advocated Cyrenaic hedonism. True - CORRECT ANSWER QUIZ 7: #3 True or False According to Aristippus, pleasure is always good, regardless of its source. True - CORRECT ANSWER QUIZ 7: #4 True or False Cynics be...

PHIL105 EXAM REVIEW 102 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS There aren't clear standards that you can use to show whether the predictions made by astrology are true or false. - CORRECT ANSWER Why is astrology taken to be a pseudoscience over astronomy by most people at the moment? Fixing minor mistakes in an argument. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following best describes being charitable? Availability Heuristic - CORRECT ANSWER What is the name of the psychological bias which confuses ho...

PHIL 125 STUDY GUIDE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS identify the premises and conclusion: It really does matter if you get enough sleep. We need sleep to think clearly, react quickly, and create memories. Studies show that people who are taught mentally challenging tasks do better after a good night's sleep. Other research suggests that sleep is needed for creative problem solving. T or F: A strong argument may have false premises and a probably false conclusion.

PHILOSOPHY 6 EXAM 720 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS False - CORRECT ANSWER Critical thinking is the art of thinking and acting with clarity in pursuit of our goals. - CORRECT ANSWER The standard form categorical claims are All S are P, All S are not P, Some S are P, and Some S are not P. subject - CORRECT ANSWER Using the Rules Method, what is distributed in an A-claim? false - CORRECT ANSWER A disjunction is the claim 'A and B'. false - CORRECT ANSWER Therefore is an exa...

PHILOSOPHY 130 EXAM 68 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS Inductive (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER Is this an inductive or deductive argument? (a) It's sunny in Chicago. (b) If it's sunny in Chicago, Mary won't be carrying an umbrella. (c) Therefore, Mary won't be carrying an umbrealla. Argument from Analogy (Logic) - CORRECT ANSWER What kind of inductive argument is the following? (a) Both frog feet and scuba foot fins are webbed. (b) Frog feet allow frogs to more easily swim. (c)...

PHI 105 CRITICAL THINKING EXAM 1_196 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS Group of statements, one of which is designated as the conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER Argument An argument whose premises logically entail its conclusion; A valid argument can have a true conclusion and false premises but if an argument does not have all true premises, then it is not sound - CORRECT ANSWER Valid argument Has true premises and valid reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER Sound argument The "gut" feeling of what...

PHIL 105 MIDTERM EXAM 135 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS Acceptability, relevance, and sufficiency - CORRECT ANSWER The three criteria for evaluating an argument are: The careful application of reason in the determination of whether a claim is true - CORRECT ANSWER Which answer best describes "critical thinking"? A claim offered as a reason for believing another claim - CORRECT ANSWER What is a "premise"? A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on ...

PHIL 105 CSUF VULICH EXAM 178 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS -Because -Since -Given that -Do to the fact that - CORRECT ANSWER Premise Indicator Words -Will only believe a claim that is presented to them if it is based on good argument. -When presenting a claim to someone else, the critical thinker will provide good supporting argument - CORRECT ANSWER Critical Thinker 2 or more sentences where one of the sentences is a conclusion and all the others are premises. - CORRECT ANSWER...

PHIL 105 QUIZ 2 EXAM 120 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS FFTF. In order for a conjunction to be true, both conjuncts must be true. If one of the conjuncts is a negation, like "-p," then the sentence that is negated (in this case, p) has to be false in order for the conjunct "-p" to be true. So the conjunction "-iPAQ" is only true when p is false and q is true. - CORRECT ANSWER Suppose you had to fill in the rightmost column of the truth table below: p q -iPAQ T T T F...

PHIL 105 QUIZ 1 EXAM 89 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS False - CORRECT ANSWER The goal of an argument is to abuse the audience False - CORRECT ANSWER "33 + 66 = 99" is an argument. False - CORRECT ANSWER Every conclusion contradicts what the audience believes. False - CORRECT ANSWER An argument that is spoken is no good if it is not spoken loudly enough. False Explanatory arguments assume that their conclusions truly describe what happened. In this way, explanatory reasons...

PHIL 105 QUIZ 4 EXAM 120 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS there is no precise boundary between the cases in which it applies and the cases in which it does not apply. Feedback: The correct answer is B. An expression is vague exactly when it lacks a precise meaning. A vague expression, in other words, is one without a sharp boundary between cases in which it applies and cases in which it does not apply. Some standard examples of vague terms are "bald," "tall," and "heap." - C...

PHIL 105 UNIT 3 EXAM 60 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS False. An argument is either valid or not valid. It cannot be partly valid or have a degree of validity. The reason is that deductive validity depends on possibility, and it is either possible or not possible (but not partly possible) that the premises are true when the conclusion is false. - CORRECT ANSWER Deductive validity comes in degrees. False. A standard is defeasible if adding further premises can turn an argument that meets the...

PHIL 105 CRITICAL THINKING EXAM CSUF GARY JASON QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS a set of beliefs about the world or part of it - CORRECT ANSWER what is a world view? the development of ever more accurate world view, and using it in decision-making - CORRECT ANSWER what is critical thinking as a reasoning process? a new hybrid discipline that studies the process of how people can and do develop more accurate world views - CORRECT ANSWER what is critical thinking as an academic discipline? ...