Preferences between reason on the one hand and mystery on the other can be due to differences in ________

A. culture
B. intelligence
C. methods of problem-solving
D. whether emotions are valued


A

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The duck-billed platypus is a mammal that lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young. To which one of the following claims would this be a counterexample?

(A) Giving birth to live young suffices for being a mammal (B) If something gives birth to live young, it is a mammal (C) Something is a mammal if it gives birth to live young (D) Something is a mammal only if it gives birth to live young

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Which of the following is true of precising definitions?

A. Precising definitions decrease the vagueness of a word. B. Precising definitions are intended to increase confusion. C. Precising definitions are less exact than lexical definitions. D. All of these answers are correct.

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Are the following arguments valid? Why, or why not?

All whales have wings. Moby does not have wings. So Moby is not a whale.

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