Given a reason offered in support of a claim, these are the four conditions that must be met for that argument to be considered worthy of acceptance. In order of their application, the fourth condition is

What will be an ideal response


The flow of the reasoning is such that truth of reason must not depend on the truth of the claim.

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a. 21% c. 41% b. 31% d. 51%

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This person coined the phrase "language games" to convey the idea that fluid linguistic meanings are dependent on their context and use

a. A. J. Ayer b. Ludwig Wittgenstein c. G. E. Moore d. Jurgen Habermas

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Altman's position makes use of a distinction in the analysis of language between

a. surface grammar and deep grammar. b. perlocutionary effects and illocutionary force. c. sense and reference. d. universal grammar and particular instantiation. e. semantic content and syntactic structure.

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Metaethics is concerned with:

a. all issues of axiology b. what constitutes moral behavior and intention c. the meaning of ethical terms d. none of the above

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