According to the text, the basic formulation of critical thinking is: critical thinking is using reason to make up your mind. True False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


true

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. All proponents of globalization are individuals unconcerned with world poverty. Therefore, all individuals concerned with world poverty are opponents of globalization

A) Valid. B) Invalid, illicit conversion. C) Invalid, illicit contrary. D) Invalid, illicit obversion. E) Invalid, illicit contraposition.

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The prayer services attended by people during Christmas every year best exemplifies which dimension of religion.

a. aesthetic b. ritual c. ethical d. cognitive

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Which of the following does Hallie accuse Bennett of wrongly disregarding in his ranking of immoral actions?

a. the sympathies of the moral agent b. the beliefs of the moral agent c. the perceptions of the moral agent d. the harm done to the victim

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If we find an argument such that it is not possible for all of its premises to be true unless the truth of the conclusion is also highly probable, we call that argument ________

(a) sound (b) fallacious (c) valid (d) warranted (e) circular

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