In prehistoric Japan, society was organized into clans or tribes, each of which paid reverence

to a clan ___________.



a. bodhisattva
b. kami
c. torii
d. none of the above


ANS: b

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a. True b. False

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A) Nothing as such about the argument's validity. B) The argument is invalid. C) The argument is valid. D) The argument is weak. E) The argument is uncogent.

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Parfit's Reformed Nobelist thought experiment suggests that numerical identity is neither necessary nor sufficient for moral responsibility.

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

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"No one objects to a lawyer looking up a legal case during a trial. Why should students not be permitted to look up an answer during an exam?" Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.

A. The fallacy of appeal to ignorance B. The weak analogy fallacy C. The fallacy of hasty generalization D. The slippery-slope fallacy E. None of the answers are correct

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