Which one is a critique of materialism?
a. Minds do not exist apart from a matter-energy system.
b. Can one talk meaningfully about the truth of a world view if our thinking is mechanistic?
c. Can we live meaningfully without metaphysics?
d. We do not exist as isolated and independent selves.
ANS: B
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Marty: If we keep on the way we are going, we will destroy civilization on this planet.Tracy: That's so depressing. I think we need to think well of things.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Identify which fallacy has been committed. People are mortal and so every individual must eventually die. It follows from this that the human species as a whole will some day die as well
a. Fallacy of Division b. Rhetorical Question c. Weasel Words d. Fallacy of Composition e. Vague Comparison f. Euphemism Incorrect g. Amphibole
Which one of the following principles does Aquinas not use in his five proofs for God?
a. Everything must have a cause. b. Degrees of value imply an ultimate source of value. c. A future goal cannot direct its own realization. d. Everything merely potential must be caused by some other actuality.
Indicate whether the argument is deductive or inductive. Ollie got violently ill only minutes after he ate a large red mushroom in the woods. Ollie hasn't eaten anything else all day. It seems probable then that the mushroom is what made him sick
a. Deductive b. Inductive