One way to evaluate an argument's logical strength is to use creative imagination. If we can come up with a counterexample, namely, a scenario in which all the premises are true but the conclusion is false, then the argument is not a valid argument

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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(a) the conclusions of empirical arguments are presented as certain (b) the premises of empirical arguments are presented as true (c) the persuasiveness of empirical reasoning is not open to doubt (d) the conclusions reached by empirical reasoning are probabilistic

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Do you agree that “Internet addiction” is a disease which should be treated rather than

used as grounds for termination?

What will be an ideal response?

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What is discussed in the first book of the Republic?

a. Art alone b. Justice c. Poetry d. Knowledge alone

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This person is the greatest figure in Spanish Judaism; he was a philosopher, a Talmudist, and a physician

a. Samuel Ibn Nagdela b. Moses ben Maimon c. Moses Ibn Gikatella d. Moses ben Nachman

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