Identify whether the following claim is a tautology, true by definition, or contingent: All United States Senators are legislators

a. Tautology
b. Definition
c. Contingent


b

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Using the items in Exercise 9-12 in your text as examples, determine the truth value of the second claim (below) based on that given for the first claim. Translation into standard form may be required.a. Not everybody who was indicted by the grand jury went to trial. (True)b. Some of the people who did not go to trial are people who were not indicted by the grand jury.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. European Christianity was forced in the period 500-1500 to come grips with the rise of Islam. 2. Iconostasis refers to a screen or wall of icons between the people and the altar in Orthodox churches. 3. All Catholic and Eastern Orthodox doctrine is formally rooted in creeds. 4. Protestantism is divided into mainline and evangelical groups in the United States. 5. Falun Gong is a new religious movement that is widely accepted by the people and the government of China.

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An argument that forces you to choose from a small set of the possible choices commits the fallacy of ambiguity.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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