Using a name or description of an item that you can't point to, provide a definition by example for "thing." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.
What will be an ideal response?
Our suggestion: Any object you point to and name. But notice that no matter what you point to, it will not be clear to an observer what qualifies that object as a thing. This word is much too general (that is, vague) to be easily defined by example.
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Identify each speaker that gives an argument for his or her position in the following passage.First Manager: I think it is time to change our policy on return items. From now on, let's just give customers their money back, no questions asked.Second Manager: Frankly, I don't think that will be such a good policy. Why, just last week you yourself said we should ask people why they want to return things.
What will be an ideal response?
By definition, an argument can have only one conclusion
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following controversies is used by your textbook author to illustrate the relationship between religion and politics?
a. Barack Obama as a secret Muslim b. Bill Clinton and Whitewater c. Sarah Palin and Jesse Jackson d. Saddam Hussein and George Bush
Evaluate the following analogical argument:Wolfgang has been to America, once visiting New York and once visiting Columbus. (Why is it always "Columbus, Ohio"? Is there another sizable Columbus?) Now he has an opportunity to visit New Orleans. Wolfgang decides not to go. "Based on my experience, it will be awful-there'll be crime, violence, poverty, rude people, drug addicts-every kind of unpleasantness."
What will be an ideal response?