INSTRUCTIONS: Use indirect truth tables to answer the following problems. Given the argument: J ? (E • Q) / ? Q ? L / (E ? M) ? (L ? ? Q) / M ? J // L This argument is:
A) Valid.
B) Invalid.
C) Sound.
D) Cogent.
E) Uncogent.
A
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a. Feminism b. Applied Ethics c. Morality d. Sociobiology
According to Gilbert Ryle, it is a category mistake to think that minds are things because minds are
A. brains. B. microscopically small bodies. C. immaterial spirits. D. patterns of behavior.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best translation for each categorical proposition. Meerkats are not lizards
A) No things identical to a meerkat are things identical to lizards. B) All meerkats are not lizards. C) No meerkats are lizards. D) All lizards are not meerkats. E) No meerkats are things that are not lizards.
Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.One person, speaking to her friends before they attend a political fund-raising party: "Now listen, folks, before we go into this party. You should be prepared to hear all kinds of flattery as they butter you up before they try to pick your pockets. Remember, all they're after is your money."
What will be an ideal response?