"Poisoning the well" is an informal fallacy of ________

A. invalidity
B. irrelevance
C. faulty induction
D. hasty generalization


B

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Good critical thinkers optĀ for the security of fitting into the crowd rather than taking charge of their lives and choices.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Matthew's Gospel comes first in the New Testament because

A. it was written first. B. it most explicitly addressed the nature and function of the church. C. it did not waste time on genealogical background, but began with Jesus' birth. D. it was not as eschatological as Mark's Gospel.

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According to Epictetus, events are completely random and God has no control over them

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Indeterminism accepts the possibility that _______

A. our actions are probably always uncaused B. we could only have made one choice under a given set of circumstances C. some human actions may be random and so free D. human freedom is an illusion governed by universal causal laws

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