Evaluate the following argument in accordance with the criteria discussed in the text.When Halley's comet hovered over Jerusalem in A.D. 66, the historian Josephus warned it meant the destruction of the city. Jerusalem fell four years later, thus confirming the power of the comet.
What will be an ideal response?
Post hoc. Somebody applied Josephus's prediction again in 1988, this time to Los Angeles. Didn't work this time. At least not yet.
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The four ways, considered in your text, in which common features may be relevant
in an analogical argument are
a. random sample, stratified sample, Mill's methods, and analogy b. causally, statistically, morally, or aesthetically relevant c. extent, quantity, quality, intensity of features d. statistically, characteristically, causally, or quantitatively relevant
Most philosophers find it necessary to embrace some version of the theory of solipsism
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The three types of people in Plato’s ideal society are
a. slaves, the middle class, the royalty. b. farmers, craftsmen, soldiers. c. laborers, managers, property owners. d. producers, auxiliaries, guardians.
According to the theory of ____, God intervenes in order to move every thought to the body
A. Parallelism B. Idealism C. Materialism D. Occasionalism