Use a counterexample to show that the following argument is invalid. (Remember, it is usually best to use terms—or statements—whose interrelations are well known.) "Some people who are serious about politics are people who do not vote. All suicide bombers are people who are serious about politics. Therefore, some suicide bombers are people who do not vote."
What will be an ideal response?
Some animals are cats. All dogs are animals. So, some dogs are cats.
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In his Summa Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas argues that what two things alone lead to truth?
a. church and state b. grace and forgiveness c. justice and mercy d. faith and reason
What is the central claim of Minch's paper? a. The term 'hero' aptly applies to anyone who wears the uniform of the armedforces
b. All of these choices c. It is wrong for anyone to abdicate moral responsibility. d. Soldiers lack full autonomy and therefore cannot be held accountable fortheir actions.
Which truth-functional symbol best represents the English term nevertheless?
a. the tilde b. the wedge c. the dot d. the arrow
A man’s good deeds are represented to him after death as a beautiful ______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).