Thales was famous for predicting
a. a solar eclipse.
b. the outcome of the war between the Medes and Lydians.
c. a devastating drought.
d. an earthquake.
a.
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Shinto is primarily a religion of:
a. formal rituals. b. doctrines. c. ethics. d. organization.
Given the following enthymeme: Whenever housing prices rise landlords prosper, and housing prices are rising now. The statement needed to convert the enthymeme into a valid syllogism is:
A) Landlords are prospering now. (Conclusion) B) All persons who own houses are landlords. (Premise) C) Landlords prosper when housing prices rise. (Premise) D) Housing prices rise when interest rates fall. (Premise) E) All landlords are persons who own houses. (Conclusion)
What is the correct symbolic representation of this argument? "If Dr. Landerberg is a popular professor, then he cares about his students
But he cares about his students if and only if both he empathizes with their problems and delivers good lectures. Thus, either Dr. Landerberg cares about his students or both he empathizes with their problems and delivers good lectures." A) L ? C, C ? (E ? D) .•. C v (E ? D) B) (L C) v (E ? I) .•. C v (E ? L) C) L ? C .•. C v (E ? L)
Invent three examples of semantically ambiguous claims.
What will be an ideal response?