Evaluate the following claim, paying particular attention to problems of clarity. Note that claims may also present problems of knowability, though we don't address knowability per se in this chapter."It is prudent to assume that all nations attempt to spy on other nations to the extent that their capacities and interests dictate."-Baltimore Sun
What will be an ideal response?
It is known that many nations employ spies, and it is a reasonable inference from what is known about history and human nature to believe that most do. Further, the assumption is prudent.
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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Ann Landers did an informal survey on sex. Many people responded, some of them favorably, but a lot unfavorably. In a follow-up column, she wrote, "Comments by Erica Jong, Andrew Greeley, Helen Gurley Brown, Gay Talese, and Gloria Steinem showed insight and understanding. A few so-called sex experts who called the survey 'dangerous' demonstrated incredible ignorance and missed the point completely."
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Being a mammal is a necessary though not sufficient condition for being a canine. True False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to ___, determinism is essential for free will
A. Luther B. Calvin C. Schopenhauer D. Hume