INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each multiple choice question. In the expression "Barack Obama was elected president because he capitalized on a bad economy," the statement "He capitalized on a bad economy" is called the:
A) Premise.
B) Consequent.
C) Explanans.
D) Conclusion.
E) Explanandum.
C
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The belief that we've been visited by extraterrestrial aliens is improbable because interstellar travel is
A. technologically impossible. B. logically impossible. C. physically impossible. D. all of the above. E. none of the above.
INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Every dancer on the floor has a partner. Hence, there are an even number of dancers on the floor
A) Deductive, invalid. B) Inductive, weak. C) Deductive, valid. D) Deductive, sound. E) Inductive, strong.
Anthropology has typically been interested in
A. the study of linguistic patterns in human societies to determine how religion is experienced. B. how religions influence society and practices in different cultures. C. the study of topics relating to monotheistic religious traditions. D. how religions influence one another.
Which Philistine god's temple is destroyed by Samson?
A. El B. Astarte C. Dagon D. Baal