Suppose a friend asked "Why are you studying philosophy?

What will be an ideal response?


It is an abstract and totally impractical and useless subject." What sort of reply could be made in response to this criticism?

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“The rate of organ donation in Spain is very high. The fact that the average Spanish family owns so many cars must be responsible for that” commits the fallacy of

A) hasty generalization B) weak analogy C) false cause D) appeal to ignorance E) appeal to unqualified authority

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Who was the first English translator to work directly from Hebrew and Greek manuscripts?

A. a committee of 72 scholars whose names were not recorded in history B. William Tyndale C. James Strong D. Stephen L. Harris

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Socrates was charged with rejecting the gods acknowledged by Rome

indicate whether this statement is true or false

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Which of the following arguments against discrimination supports the view that discrimination arbitrarily closes off to minorities and women the more desirable positions, thereby not giving them an opportunity equal to others?

a. Nonutilitarian b. Rights-based c. Justice-based d. Kantian

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