"Private Grunt has received either the Silver Star or the Medal of Honor. Since he did not actually get the Medal of Honor, it follows that he got the Silver Star" is
A) a deductive argument B) an inductive argument C) not an argument at all
A
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Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. If growth can no longer be counted on to provide for all the major wants, private and public, of a society, or
to sustain all the peripheral members of a society at a level that keeps a lid on mutinous outbreaks, especially in congested urban centers, then some specification of a nation's most serious needs-its social priorities-and some direction as to how goods are to be allocated among society's members are needed. Neil W. Chamberlain, Social Strategy and Corporate Structure A) Argument; conclusion: Growth can no longer be counted on ... of a society. B) Nonargument. C) Argument; conclusion: Some specification ... are needed. D) Argument; conclusion: Growth cannot sustain ... members of a society. E) Argument; conclusion: Growth cannot keep a lid on mutinous outbreaks.
Russell states that philosophical contemplation
A) starts from the Self and seeks relief from the Self. B) starts with habits and self-interests, and expands to include new interests. C) starts with the Not-Self and enlarges the boundaries of the Self. D) seeks dominion over the other sciences.
Approximately one of every __________ persons in the world today is a Muslim
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 10 e. 25
The Blondlot case of is a classic example of
A. A coordinated attempt to deceive the public. B. Research fraud. C. Perceptual construction. D. Accurate observations.