If it's sunny, Jennifer goes surfing. Jennifer went surfing today. Therefore, it must have been sunny. This is an excellent illustration of __________, a formal fallacy
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: affirming the consequent
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nuclear power against the climate change generated by carbon-based energy production?
What will be an ideal response?The laws of Newtonian physics, we now believe, hold:
a. everywhere b. in the world of the fairly large and fairly slow c. in the world of the very small and very fast d. nowhere
What does the word Dao mean?
a. the life b. the force c. the way d. the truth
While Plato's philosophy fits well with the popular notion of the immortal soul, Aquinas found Aristotle's thought much more conducive to the Christian hope of
A) the death of the soul B) the resurrection of the soul C) the resurrection of the body D) God's promise of heaven above