If an argument is sound, then the logical thinker who recognizes this knows that
A) its premises can be accepted and its conclusion denied. B) its conclusion must be accepted as true. C) it isn't contradictory to accept its premises and deny its conclusion.
B
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The duck-billed platypus is a mammal that lays eggs rather than giving birth to live young. To which one of the following claims would this be a counterexample?
(A) Giving birth to live young suffices for being a mammal (B) If something gives birth to live young, it is a mammal (C) Something is a mammal if it gives birth to live young (D) Something is a mammal only if it gives birth to live young
According to Cohen, it is morally acceptable to torture rats gratuitously as rats
have no rights.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.Upon his return from receiving Athura Mazda’s message for the restoration of all human kind
Zarathustra gained an immediate following.
a. True b. False
If we find an argument such that it is not possible for all of its premises to be true and its conclusion to be false, we call that argument __________
(a) sound (b) fallacious (c) valid (d) warranted