An example of pareidolia is:
A) Seeing the face of Jesus in the burn marks on a tortilla.
B) Seeing what appears to be a UFO move against a dark sky.
C) Hearing or seeing what seems to be a ghost just before falling asleep.
D) Seeing the word "STOP" on a partly obscured road sign.
E) Identifying personality features from the bumps on a person's head.
A
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Characterizing the premises of ideological arguments as axiomatic means that ________
(a) the conclusions of ideological arguments are presented as certain (b) the premises are starting points, first principles, or assumptions (c) the persuasiveness of ideological reasoning is not open to doubt (d) the validity of the ideological reasoning cannot be questioned
Which causal argument is stronger?
a. The swim team had better overall results in their last meet. It seems likely that the reason for the good performance was taking a day off from practice right before the meet. This was the only difference between their practice sessions for this meet and other meets—they maintained the same practice schedule every other day in the week. Thus, taking a day off before the meet must have caused the improved swim team performance. b. The swim team had better overall results in their last meet. It seems likely that the reason for the good performance was taking a day off from practice right before the meet. This was the only difference between their practice sessions for this meet and other meets. Thus, taking a day off before the meet must have caused the improved swim team performance.
How do philosophical problems arise?
What will be an ideal response?
"Each voting member of the United Nations is an independent nation. Therefore the U.N. is an independent nation" commits the fallacy of
A) slippery slope B) equivocation C) amphiboly D) composition E) division