When a person is using a positive statement to be sarcastic or ironic, the person intends that the statement should not be taken literally
In context the speaker expects that the listener will recognize the irony or sarcasm. How should the analyst handle statements that are spoken ironically or sarcastically?
What will be an ideal response
Before mapping an ironic or sarcastic comment, switch the statement from the positive that was spoken to the negative that was intended (or from the negative spoken to the positive that was intended).
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. During the time of the sophists, Athens flourished economically and culturally. 2. The older generation of sophists advised worship of the gods for pragmatic and socially prudent reasons. 3. The younger generation of sophists were deeply religious and conservative. 4. The sophists were more concerned to find the truth than to win arguments. 5. The sophist Thrasymachus taught that might makes right.
There is no such thing as Indian philosophy, only Indian spirituality
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
William T. Blackstone rejects the idea that each person has a human right to a livable environment on the grounds that
it is technically infeasible.
a. True b. False
Which pair expresses a common viewpoint?
a. subjectivism/esthetic objects express suchness. b. estheticism/esthetic objects express eternal Forms. c. Zen/emotivism. d. esthetic objects express eternal Forms/objectivism.