Some language theorists say that an essential quality of language is that it can relate to truth and falsity, called "truth conditions." Kraut rebutted this contention and argued that truth conditions can be replaced with ________ conditions
A. intentional
B. accountability
C. assertibility
D. communicability
Answer: C
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A successful comparative inference will satisfy five criteria, the one called testability refers to is the ________
(a) measure of the relative absence of complexity of the comparison (b) extent to which a comparison captures a greater number of central or essential features (c) degree of knowledge the listener has about the object to which the unknown is being compared (d) capacity to project consequences that have the potential to be shown to be false, inapplicable, or unacceptable (e) capacity to suggest consequences that go beyond those mentioned in the initial comparison
The text criticizes the strong-justification thesis by pointing out that
a. religious experiences of different people are sometimes contradictory. b. one’s interpretation of religious experience will depend on prior religious convictions. c. religious experience cannot be confirmed in the same way as perceptual experience. d. all of the above
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct translation for each problem. Not either Regent enlarges its casinos or Celebrity revises its itineraries if Holland remodels its staterooms
A) H ? ?(R ? C) B) H ? (?R ? C) C) ? (R ? C) ? H D) (?R ? ?C) ? H E) H ? (?R ? ?C)
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The logical fallacy of bifurcation makes the assumption that what you're trying to prove is a fact. 2. The slippery slope logical fallacy assumes that drastic consequences will follow a certain policy. 3. Recent research of the brain suggests that the "normal" brain has evolved to recognize the value of a human life emotionally. 4. Moral naturalism is the view that we all come equipped with a moral intuition, hardwired from birth. 5. Martha Nussbaum agrees with the philosophical tradition of past centuries when she says that emotions have no cognitive value.