A ______________ is a claim meant to be supported by reasons offered in the argument.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: Conclusion
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Use the truth table test of validity to determine whether or not the following arguments are valid or invalid.
1. 1. A v B 2. B 3. ? ~A 2. 1. A ? B 2. ? A v B 3. 1. ~C 2. ? ~(C v A) 4. 1. (A v B) ? (A v C) 2. ~A 3. ? B v C 5. 1. R ? (T v S) 2. T 3. ? ~S 6. 1. A v B 2. ? A ? B 7. 1. ~(A ? B) 2. ? ~A v ~B 8. 1. ~(A v B) 2. ? ~A v ~B 9. 1. (R v S) ? ~D 2. ~R 3. ? S ? ~D
The argument: All soldiers are brave people, and some brave people are quiet people; therefore some soldiers are quiet people,
a. has a floating x in its Venn diagram. b. has an undistributed middle term. c. is an instance of an invalid form of categorical syllogism. d. All of these choices.
Suppose that scientific theories A and B are equally supported by the evidence and that both fit equally well with our other beliefs. If you embraced the pragmatic theory of truth, you could still say A is true if it
A) ?corresponded to the facts. B) ?could be more easily tested and encouraged further experimentation. C) ?corresponded to our religious beliefs. D) ?helped us solve the "two-world hypothesis."
Richard Rorty criticizes traditional philosophy for viewing the mind as
a. a mirror reflecting the external world. b. an artist creating its world. c. a box containing innate ideas. d. a closed container sealed off from the world.