Name two of the four key elements of philosophy
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: knowledge of construction and evaluation of arguments, response to persistent questioning, a social activity that requires engaging with others, creates a plurality of opinion
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.In its July 1988 issue, Consumer Reports criticized the Suzuki Samurai as unsafe and dangerously easy to roll over. In the next issue, a reader wrote in response, "In order to completely idiot-proof our society, we would have to surrender all freedom. Your suggestion that the government protect us from this evil vehicle is just another step in a journey that could ultimately lead to an erosion of freedom in this country."
What will be an ideal response?
The following passage contains an argument that commits at least one informal fallacy. Name the type of fallacy committed and explain why the passage is an example of that type. Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Bk. I Ch. 1)
What will be an ideal response?
Ninian Smart suggests that religion has four dimensions
a. True b. False
According to Plato, wickedness in a person:
A. occurs only in unjust societies. B. is an inborn flaw. C. is analogous to civil strife in a state. D. can never be cured. E. None of the above