Arguments that try to prove their conclusions with rigorous, inescapable logic are ________ arguments.

A. logically reliable
B. inductive
C. deductive
D. abductive


Answer: C

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The researcher believed this indicated that free will is an illusion. Critics disagreed because ________. A. brain scans are like watching the brain think B. the researcher was unable to replicate his results C. the brain may simply have been "ramping up" to make a decision D. Socrates had conducted similar experiments and come to a different conclusion

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Paul's essential gospel states that

A. salvation through Christ requires dismissing everything learned through the Torah. B. rigorous observance of the Torah wins salvation. C. salvation is given by being "faultless" in God's eyes. D. people are not saved by obedience to the Torah commands, but rather by faith in Christ.

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Who developed the concept of “delegation to non-humans”?

a. Foucault c. Habermas b. Kuhn d. Latour

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These prehistoric peoples subsisted by gathering edible plants, hunting animals, and

scavenging the kills of predators

a. Paleolithic b. Neolithic c. Old Stone Age d. Stone Age

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