The primary purpose of an argument is to:

a. persuade others by appealing to their reasoning capacity.
b. persuade others by any means possible. c. none of these answers.
d. win a dispute.


a

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A) False cause. B) No fallacy. C) Appeal to ignorance. D) Hasty generalization. E) Suppressed evidence.

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How many covenants are concluded within the Old Testament?

A. three B. four C. five D. six

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Aristotle critiques Plato's theory of Forms/ideas in Book I.6 of the NE Plato believed there was the unchanging, non-physical world of being which contained the Form/Idea of the Good and the visible world of becoming. Objects in the visible world of becoming _____________ to a certain degree with the Forms/Ideas in the unchanging world of being.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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"Magnetic fields have a positive effect on health. Magnetizing one's water could be beneficial to one's health" is

A) conservative B) non-conservative C) controversial

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