Philosophically speaking, why does Descartes need to prove that God exists?
A. to guarantee that the Evil Demon does not exist.
B. to explain the existence of the world.
C. to explain the existence of evil.
D. to guarantee the truth of his sensations.
Answer: D
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Which causal argument is stronger?
a. The swim team had better overall results in their last meet. It seems likely that the reason for the good performance was taking a day off from practice right before the meet. This was the only difference between their practice sessions for this meet and other meets—they maintained the same practice schedule every other day in the week. Thus, taking a day off before the meet must have caused the improved swim team performance. b. The swim team had better overall results in their last meet. It seems likely that the reason for the good performance was taking a day off from practice right before the meet. This was the only difference between their practice sessions for this meet and other meets. Thus, taking a day off before the meet must have caused the improved swim team performance.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Most of the residents of the City Heights neighborhood are illiterate. Therefore, it would be a good idea to close the City Heights library. After all, nobody uses it
A) No fallacy. B) False cause. C) Division. D) Missing the point. E) Appeal to force.
"There is bad weather, but only if you wear the wrong clothing" is
A) a negation B) a conjunction C) a disjunction D) a simple proposition
Young people, including college students, usually claim that ________.
A. advertising does not influence them B. advertising strongly influences them C. they are indifferent to advertising D. advertising does influence them, but only to a limited extent