Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Kanzi, a bonobo chimpanzee, is famous for being the first ape to master basic human speech with his own vocal cords.
2. Kanzi, a bonobo chimpanzee, is famous for communicating with humans using a lexigram.
3. Carl Cohen expresses the theory of contractarianism: Only those who can understand contracts are rational beings and should have rights.
4. Deep ecology is firmly opposed to "speciesism."
5. The purpose of the Kyoto Treaty was to reduce human CO2 emissions and increase climate control.
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
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Which of the following primarily depends upon comparative reasoning?
(a) Randolph knows that John Glenn was a senator. John Glenn was an astronaut. Therefore Randolph knows that John Glenn was an astronaut. (b) The animal rights activists defended themselves by saying: "We did not steal any animals from the lab. We rescued those monkeys because they were the helpless victims of torture." (c) Everyone loves ice cream. Children love ice cream. So, everyone's a child. (d) Either we'll study together tonight for tomorrow's exam, or we will both blow it off. I'm too tired to study tonight. So, we're going to blow it off.
If the following passage contains an argument, write a well-crafted version of it; if the passage is not an argument, classify it as a report, illustration, explanation, or single conditional statement. If, for one crystal moment, the faithful—particularly the members of the American congregation—allowed themselves to view their church through the cool eye of a potential employee instead of through the opaque veil of programmed inhibition, they would observe a sexist organization that would rather recruit from the dregs of mankind than employ the most educated, dedicated, saintly women or men married to women. (Marjorie Hertelendy, "Letter to the Editor," World Press Review, Feb. 1993)
What will be an ideal response?
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. The outsourcing of jobs by American companies is clearly beneficial. These jobs go to people in India and Southeast Asia where good jobs are scarce
A) Appeal to the people. B) No fallacy. C) Equivocation. D) Begging the question. E) Appeal to ignorance.
Event 2B Given the following event: Given an urn containing 2 green, 3 white, and 4 red balls. Two balls are drawn and the first ball is not replaced before the second is drawn. Given Event 2B, what is the probability that the two balls are the same color?
A) 1/3 B) 2/9 C) 5/18 D) 1/6 E) 5/9