McCloskey apologizes for contrasting how men and women are, because
A) she knows she has not yet been a woman long enough to fairly make such a comparison.
B) she rejects the general idea that there are essential ways of being men and women.
C) she fears that men will always look bad when compared to the goodness of women.
D) she feels that no one should ever be contrasted with anyone else, because we are all free to be who we are.
B
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The ritual of commemorating Jesus' final meal with his disciples by eating bread and drinking wine is called
A. the Last Supper. B. Passover. C. the Eucharist. D. the liturgy.
INSTRUCTIONS: Identify the form of each argument. Those without a specific name are invalid. Either tobacco advertising will not be curtailed or teenage smoking will increase. Therefore, teenage smoking will increase, since tobacco advertising will be curtailed
A) Modus tollens. B) Modus ponens. C) Disjunctive syllogism. D) Invalid. E) Denying the antecedent.
Simple distinctions come all too easily. Frequently we open the way for later puzzlement by restricting the options we take to be available. So, for example, in contrasting science and religion, we often operate with a simple pair of categories. On one side there is science, proof, and certainty; on the other, religion, conjecture, and faith. (Philip Kitcher, Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism)This passage is made up of a(n) ________ and a(n) ________.
A. nonargument; illustration B. argument; conclusion: Simple distinctions come all too easily C. nonargument; conditional statement D. argument; conclusion: For example, in contrasting science and religion, we often operate with a simple pair of categories
Empathy has no role to play in critical thought.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)