Bacon’s "tables of inquiry" represent his attempt to
a. apply Aristotle’s deductive logic.
b. develop a consistent social philosophy.
c. identify fallacies in human thought.
d. systematize inductive reasoning.
d.
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The dependency thesis states that
a. ethical rules depend on divine commands. b. what is right or wrong is based on the nature of a given society. c. moral rules differ from society to society. d. society is dependent upon a stable moral code for its survival and maximum flourishing.
Wasserstrom argues that to be black is to be disadvantaged in terms of most
measures of success.
a. True b. False
Is the following argument worthy of acceptance? "In a perfect world, the government should investigate whether any laws were broken relating to the treatment of wartime detainees But this is not a perfect world. So, it would be a mistake for the government to engage in such an investigation.
(a) Yes, because the premises are true. (b) Yes, because the argument is sound. (c) Yes, because it passes all four tests. (d) No, because the reason is irrelevant. (e) No, because the argument is circular.
A successful comparative inference will satisfy five criteria, the one called testability refers to is the ________
(a) measure of the relative absence of complexity of the comparison (b) extent to which a comparison captures a greater number of central or essential features (c) degree of knowledge the listener has about the object to which the unknown is being compared (d) capacity to project consequences that have the potential to be shown to be false, inapplicable, or unacceptable (e) capacity to suggest consequences that go beyond those mentioned in the initial comparison