What do social scientists hope to learn by gathering demographic or other data on the characteristics of the people or subjects who are participants in the phenomenon under investigation?
What will be an ideal response
Characteristics of individuals can be used to group individuals and make generalizations about how groups behave or how these characteristics interact with one another when trying to predict what someone will do in a given situation.
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Aristotle held that all living things have a purpose
a. True b. False
"Ninety-year-old Bill Tucker has asked to be released from prison because he is old, infirm, and dying of brain cancer. Unfortunately, Mr. Tucker's request will have to be denied. If we release Mr. Tucker, we would have to release prisoners that are even less deserving than he is. Eventually, any prisoner with a stomach ache or a stubbed toe could successfully petition for early release." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The weak analogy fallacy B. The loaded question fallacy C. The fallacy of hasty generalization D. the slippery-slope fallacy E. None of the answers are correct
David Hume agreed with Descartes that there was a single self, but disagreed with him about the nature of this single self
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to the philosophy of Thales of Miletus:
a. humans are rational; the cosmos is not b. the cosmos is rational; humans are not c. humans and the cosmos are both rational d. neither humans nor the cosmos is rational