The quality of a discussion often depends on how closely the parties attend to the same issue. For the passage below, determine whether the speakers are clearly disputing the same issue, or whether somebody is missing the point.A: Most cases of date rape happen when the couple has been drinking. That's another good reason for getting booze off the campus.B: Yes, well, most of the cases of date rape happen because the girl is encouraging the guy and he just goes with it.

What will be an ideal response?


B is addressing an entirely separate issue.

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The belief that the human cognition can be understood by referring to such entities as the mind, beliefs, thoughts, and intentions is labeled by its critics with the derogatory term

a. mind mythology. b. neurophilosophy. c. folk psychology. d. psychologism.

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What is the difference between power, strength, force, authority, and violence?

What will be an ideal response?

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