The fallacy of equivocation is committed by arguments whose persuasiveness depends on
A. a statement that is ambiguous due to faulty sentence structure or grammatical error.
B. distorting the opponent's argument by equating it with an oversimplified version.
C. equating the attributes of the parts with those of the whole.
D. two (or more) meanings of a word or phrase being used in the argument when the argument's validity requires a single meaning of that word or phrase.
D. two (or more) meanings of a word or phrase being used in the argument when the argument's validity requires a single meaning of that word or phrase.
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In Taylor's Ingenious Physiologist thought experiment, the agent's
A. desires have planted in his will by someone else. B. actions are not caused by his will. C. actions are externally constrained. D. none of these.
Infants lack desires, but it makes sense to talk about what is intrinsically good and bad for them. If that is correct, then what must we conclude about the desire satisfaction theory?
A. It is false because then intrinsically desiring something would not be sufficient to make it intrinsically good for you. B. It is true because then intrinsically desiring something would be necessary to make it intrinsically good for you. C. It is true because then intrinsically desiring something would be sufficient to make it intrinsically good for you. D. It is false because then intrinsically desiring something would not be necessary to make it intrinsically good for you.
Without the laws of thought, communication would be impossible.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Economist _______________ popularized capitalism as the perennial gale of creative
destruction. a. Garret Hardin b. Ronald Coase c. Sam Harris d. Joseph Schumpeter