Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better left unstated.No floor with two-by-four joists on two-foot centers is strong enough. So this floor isn't strong enough. This floor has two-by-four joists on two-foot centers.
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Without really knowing it, many students inwardly believe that it is possible to acquire knowledge without thought, that it is possible to read without exerting any intellectual energy, and that good writing is not a product of practice and hard work but of a talent one is born with. As a result, they are not inclined to take any responsibility for their own learning or to put any effort into learning new modes of thinking. (Foundation for Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking: Basic Theory and Instructional Structures)This passage is made up of a(n) ________ and a(n) ________.
A. nonargument; explanation B. nonargument; report C. argument; conclusion: They are not inclined to take any responsibility for their own learning or to put any effort into learning new modes of thinking D. nonargument; unsupported assertion
_____________ stage: See beyond authority, laws, norms, follow self-chosen ethical principles
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In 2010, Lexington Insurance Company made history by offering insurance plans that explicitly covered
what unprecedented liability?
a. 1969 c. 1973 b. Nanotechnology d. 1945
According to al-Ashari, anything that God commands is just and good because
A) God would never inflict pain on an infant. B) God understands human limits and only gives humans what we can bear. C) God is subject to no one and therefore nothing that God does could be wrong. D) from God's perspective nothing is ever wrong.