No horoscopes are accurate predictors of behavior. Therefore, since all scientifically testable
procedures are accurate predictors of behavior, no horoscopes are scientifically testable
procedures.
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:This
passage contains an argument. The issue is whether horoscopes are scientifically
testable procedures. The conclusion is that no horoscopes are scientifically testable
procedures. The first premise is that no horoscopes are accurate predictors of behavior. The
second premise is that all scientifically testable procedures are accurate predictors of behavior.
This argument is a deductive categorical argument.
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? No horoscopes are accurate predictors of behavior. Therefore, since ? all scientifically
testable procedures are accurate predictors of behavior, ? no horoscopes are scientifically
testable procedures.
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