Given a reason offered in support of a claim, these are the four conditions that must be met for that argument to be considered worthy of acceptance. In order of their application, the second condition is

What will be an ideal response


The logical relationship between the reason and claim is such that the reason implies, entails, strongly warrants, or strongly supports the claim, such that the claim must be true or very probably true if the reason is assumed to be true.

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What term do Coburn and Folkert reject?

a. Canon c. Word b. Gospel d. Scripture

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Islam teaches a separation between church and state

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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One of the two basic assumptions of Western metaphysical viewpoints is that

A) ?the universe has a purpose. B) ?reality is pure idea. C) ?reality is somehow a unity. D) ?reality is many.

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Drawing on earlier work by moral philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, Alasdair MacIntyre draws and analogy with ______________ when talking about principle-based ethical theories

a. religion b. science c. faith d. intuition

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