An argument of this form: if you assume that a set of statement is true, and yet you can deduce a false or absurd statement from it, then the original set of statements as a whole must be false


Answer: reductio ad absurdum

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For Kant, a true moral duty can only be expressed as a hypothetical imperative, and not a categorical imperative

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The discipline, which seeks to understand and compare religious patterns from around the world, is known as ____________________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What teaches a form of yoga to enable members to realize "the god within"?

a. World Parliament of Religions b. Self-Realization Fellowship c. Spiritual Regeneration Movement d. Hare Krishna movement

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"It is snowing" illustrates:

a. logical warrantability b. semantic warrantability c. systemic warrantability d. empirical warrantability

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