One of the five pillars of Skepticism called "infinite regress" claimed that
a. the number series was not infinite, for we could imagine there to be a largest number.
b. the world did not have a beginning but had always existed in the infinite past.
c. every attempt to justify our conclusions will lead to an unending series of justifications.
d. all arguments assume what we are trying to prove.
c.
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a. they are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission. b. they are formed simply by an agreement entered into among their members. c. they must be publicly registered or in some way officially acknowledged by the law. d. their shareholders are entitled to their share of the company's profits as soon as they are ascertained or determined.
How we dispense good or bad, reward and punishment, is called distributive justice
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Antisthenes, the founder of Cynicism, was influenced most directly by
a. Heraclitus. b. Democritus. c. Socrates. d. Aristotle.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. All tooth fairies are silent visitors. Therefore, no tooth fairies are noisy visitors
A) Invalid, illicit subalternation. B) Valid, no fallacy. C) Invalid, existential fallacy. D) Invalid, illicit contrary. E) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.