"Fraternity means a university-sanctioned drinking club for immature male undergraduates." This is an example of a ________.

A. persuasive definition
B. lexical definition
C. stipulative definition
D. precising definition


Answer: A

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. While driving on the freeway a big truck cut me off when it changed lanes. A few days earlier another truck tailgated me, and yet another refused to dim its lights. The conclusion is obvious that truckers these days are as rude as they are reckless

A) Composition. B) Missing the point. C) Hasty generalization. D) No fallacy. E) Appeal to unqualified authority.

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According to Immanuel Kant, moral reasoning is based on factual knowledge

a. True b. False

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An argument may be inductively strong yet not good because

a. at least one premise is inductive b. a premise is false c. the conclusion is not probable d. the degree of support is less than .5

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The retribution principle describes how God operated with ___________

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

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