"Since there will not be more funding for stem cell research, many lives will not be saved. After all, either there will be more funding for stem cell research or many lives will not be saved" is

A) modus ponens B) modus tollens C) contraposition D) disjunctive syllogism E) hypothetical syllogism


D

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Paul's letters to the young Greek churches at Thessalonica and Corinth reveal that

A. the first Christians held remarkably similar opinions about belief and practice of the new religion because they all built upon a common foundation of Greek culture. B. the first Christians held widely divergent opinions about belief and practice of the new religion. C. the first churches in Greece were unified internally but bickered with each other. D. the first churches in Greece challenged Paul to leadership by elevating an Orthodox leader that unified them against Jerusalem and Rome.

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One path which Hindu devotees may follow is called bhakti, which is the way of:

a. knowledge b. asceticism c. pleasure d. devotion

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As a lexical definition, the definition "'Pneumonia' means a disease of the lungs" may be criticized as:

A) Being ambiguous. B) Being too narrow. C) Being too broad. D) Being affective. E) Being obscure.

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