Evaluate the following claim, paying particular attention to problems of clarity. Note that claims may also present problems of knowability, though we don't address knowability per se in this chapter.My liberal colleagues in Congress are all big spenders.
What will be an ideal response?
How do you identify "liberals" (or "conservatives," for that matter)? The class is too vaguely defined, as is that of "big spenders." Note: If the speaker defines "liberals" as those who vote to spend the most money, he has begged the question-he has, possibly surreptitiously, turned it into an analytic claim.
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What is the form of the ideal state, according to Plato?
What will be an ideal response?
The Cao Dai organized an army of its followers to fight the Japanese occupation of Indochina
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
For Baier the best moral theory must not be a cooperative product of women and men but must primarily focus on an ethics of care
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Valerie Nelson's last three novels sold well over a million copies each. She's now finished a new novel, and it has gotten better reviews than the earlier ones. Hence, her new novel should sell over a million copies, too
A) Inductive, strong. B) Inductive, weak. C) Deductive, invalid. D) Inductive, cogent. E) Deductive, valid.