Why is it challenging to apply the test of the truthfulness of the premises to ideological arguments?
(a) because the speaker is usually an authoritative personality
(b) because people who accept ideologies are illogical
(c) because the ideology's core beliefs and values function as unspoken implicit assumptions
(d) because the ideological assumptions are fundamentally irrelevant
c
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Jain worldview holds that a Creator
A. does not exist. B. created evil as well as good. C. made the world. D. created only good things.
Determine whether the following argument is valid by using either the diagram method or the rules of the syllogism.No coinsurance policies are policies that cover the full value of the property.Some policies that cover the full value of the property are discounted policies.So, some discounted policies are not coinsurance policies.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
According to Leibniz, this world is
a. a perfect world. b. not as good as it should be. c. the best of all possible worlds. d. a collection of facts, none of which are either good or evil.