An accurate statement about descriptive premises is that they ________.

A. are based on empirical facts-scientific observation and/or the evidence of our five senses
B. cannot be proven true or false
C. contain value statements about what ought or ought not to be done
D. take the form of analogies in which comparisons are made between two similar events or things


Answer: A

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