Exercise: Are you familiar with the word, "noisome?" Provide a definition. If the term is unfamiliar, make a guess about its meaning based on its appearance or sound, and create your own definition. Then look the word up, and find out how close you got. (We provide a thumbnail meaning as answer.)

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Foul-smelling.

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embryos are mere things, not persons.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. My dear, you shouldn't hesitate a minute before buying a new mink coat. Real fur is in right now, and a full mink is the ultimate in fashion. It tells the whole world that you have exquisite taste and the financial means to express it

A) False dichotomy. B) No fallacy. C) Argument against the person, circumstantial. D) Slippery slope. E) Appeal to the people.

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According to ____, determinism implies a lack of freedom

A. Hume B. Einstein C. Skinner D. Marx

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For Sartre, to say that conscious-ness is intentional means that it:

a. conscious acts are independent b. things on purpose c. does not do things on purpose d. conscious acts are always about something

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