With _______________________ new information can lead us to reconsider the truth of our argument's conclusion without abandoning any of its original premises
(a) valid arguments
(b) warranted arguments
(c) false premises
(d) a tautological
b
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Who declared that man is a “Tool-using animal”?
a. Thomas Carlyle c. Horatio Nelson b. Charles Darwin d. Thomas Powers
Which of the following is not an argument considered and rejected by Lomasky
and Brennan
a. Argument from Prudence b. Argument from Beneficence c. Argument from Expressive Ethics d. Argument from Act Utilitarianism
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In Pascal’s wager there is not even a finite gain to be had in not believing in God and there is nothing lost in believing in God. 2. W. K. Clifford argued that believing has moral ramifications. 3. The text described James’s position as direct volitionalism. 4. The text described Søren Kierkegaard’s religious position as "one of history’s most brutal attacks on existentialism." 5. Søren Kierkegaard thought that one’s faith ought to be adjusted in the light of the latest scholarship.
Which of the following critical thinking hindrances is not discussed in detail in this chapter?
A. prejudice B. egocentrism C. wishful thinking D. sociocentrism