Valid deductive arguments guarantee the truth of their conclusions.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
Valid deductive arguments guarantee the truth of their conclusions only if all their premises are true.
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The cost of life in prison without parole compared to an execution is
A) Slightly higher. B) Significantly lower. C) About twice as much. D) About the same.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Many social thinkers prefer using the term person instead of human being. 2. Most child psychologists today agree that children below the age of seven or eight don't know enough about the difference between right and wrong to be held morally accountable. 3. Historically, gods and goddesses, totems, and dead ancestors have been granted personhood. 4. The harvesting of stem cells is much less controversial than their potential uses. 5. The main purpose of stem-cell research is to fight human diseases.
Which fallacy is committed by the following categorical syllogism? All cats are soft and furry animals. Some amphibians are not soft and furry animals. So, no cats are amphibians.
A. fallacy of the undistributed middle B. fallacy of the illicit middle C. fallacy of the illicit major D. fallacy of the illicit minor
How did these three pre-Socratic materialists - Anaximander, Heraclitus, and Democritus - identify the nature of ultimate reality?
What will be an ideal response?