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.All of the last three years have been extremely dry.
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"Extremely dry" is pretty vague, but it isn't that bad; this could still be a useful claim.
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Siddhartha was assassinated by jealous political rulers
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What kind of claim is Ruth Benedict making when she states that there are no universal moral standards? Explain the statement "[we] have no right to claim that our choice is better than any other culture's."
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New religious movements are:
A) ?cultural in their response to the modern world. B) ?not as media-savvy as established world religions. C) ?not tightly organized and lack control from the top. D) ?responses to religious and cultural pluralism.
Using a name or description of an item that you can't point to, provide a definition by example for "ambiguous claim." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
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