"Anyone who discovered the law of gravity was a great physicist. Newton discovered the law of gravity. Therefore Newton was a great physicist" is
A) a propositional argument B) a categorical argument
B
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What philosopher wrote: "The world is the totallity of facts, not of things."?
a. Thomas Aquinas b. Hans-Georg Gadamer c. Ludwig Wittgenstein d. Wilhelm Dilthey
Which of the following statements is true about the Analects?
A. They are a reaction against the Mohist thought. B. They are the principal source of Legalist philosophy. C. They are a compilation of ancient poetry, saved by Confucians. D. They are the sayings of Confucius.
The basic requirement that must be met for an experiment to be morally legitimate is that
a) the experiment must be beneficial to the subject. b) the experiment must be beneficial to mankind. c) the subject must have given informed consent to be involved. d) the experiment must be legally permissible.
Which of the following summarizes Kwame Gyekye's response to Socrates's question "Do the gods love holiness [the good] because it is holy [good], or is it holy [good] because the gods love it?"
A. The gods love the good because it is good, not the other way around. B. The gods, being perfectly holy/good, can only command us to do what is good. C. God does not exist. People like Euthyphro who claim to hear God giving them commands are hallucinating and perhaps even dangerous. D. Something is good because the gods love it.