Arguments cannot provide reasons for accepting a position.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
The goal in rhetoric is to "win"-to convince others of the correctness of our position-rather than to analyze a position critically. The purpose of an argument, in contrast, is to present good reasons for a particular position or course of action and to offer a forum for evaluating the soundness of these reasons.
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Compatibilists argue for the possibility of free will by arguing that some of our actions (i.e. the free ones) don't have causes.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following statements is true of the Appointed Place Fire?
A) ?It may be tended by an approved layperson when no ritual is being performed with it. B) ?It is consecrated by eight priests in a ritual that takes up to three weeks. C) ?It involves the gathering of sixteen different fires from sixteen different sources. D) ?It requires a gathering and mingling in one urn of fires from representatives of the four traditional classes in Zoroastrian society.
What type of psalm is Psalm 8, which honors God for establishing an orderly universe?
A. hymn or song of praise B. psalm of thanksgiving C. lament D. psalm of wisdom and instruction
The books of _____________ form the transition from the era of the judges to that of the kings.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).