The __________ thinker runs the grave risk of focusing attention on the validity of an argument while neglecting to examine with sufficient care the reliability of the premises on which the argument depends

a. deductive
b. informal
c. inductive
d. logical


ANS: A

Philosophy & Belief

You might also like to view...

According to Bacon, the proper objects of scientific investigation are characteristics of things readily apparent to the unaided senses

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Philosophy & Belief

The Philistines were successful in attacking the Israelites, in part, because they had __________

a. less disease b. more people c. superior mapmaking skills d. superior weaponry

Philosophy & Belief

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. It is false that some identity crises are tranquil happenings. Therefore, some identity crises are not tranquil happenings

A) Valid, no fallacy. B) Invalid, illicit contrary. C) Invalid, illicit subalternation. D) Invalid, illicit conversion. E) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.

Philosophy & Belief

The set of things denoted by a term constitutes the term's intension. True False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Philosophy & Belief