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Quiz 2 - Quiz 2
Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas (Liberty
University)
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Question
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If you have enough evidence you can be logically certain of a
conclusion arrived at inductively.
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Question 2
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An inference drawn from statistical reasoning is deductive.
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Question 3
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Identify this kind of argument: If naturalism is true, then all things are
determined and there is no free will. If there is no free will then morality
makes no sense.
Therefore, if naturalism is true then morality makes no sense.
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d
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disjunctiv
e
syllogism
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Invalid deductive arguments are the same as inductive arguments.
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d
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Fa
l
se
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In a deductive syllogism, if the premises are true and the conclusion is
true, then the argument is valid.
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Answer: ue
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Question 6
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An analogy is an inductive argument.
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d
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l
se
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“Begging the question” is a fallacy of presumption.
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Identify the fallacy: Senator Newkirk’s arguments to increase federal
spending for the military should be rejected. He is only arguing because
he has several military bases in his state and is beginning his re-election
campaign.
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d
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Question
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ad
homine
m
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Slippery slope and straw man are really doing the same thing, just in a
different order.
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d
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se
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10
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This fallacy argues erroneously from the whole to each of the parts:
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d
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11
Composi
ti
on
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The red herring fallacy:
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d
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Question
12
changes
the subject
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This fallacy occurs when an argument is distorted to an extreme
and becomes a false imitation of the original argument:
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d
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stra
w
man
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In deductive reasoning, the argument is either valid or invalid.
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Identify the following type of syllogism: “All philosophers are good looking
individuals. All good looking individuals are intelligent. Therefore all
philosophers
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are intelligent.
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d
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disjunct
i
ve
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points
According to the reading, even God cannot create a contradiction.
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Question
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No inductive argument can arrive at a logically certain conclusion, i.e. in which the
conclusion is necessarily true.
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d
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se
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17
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Propositions are evaluated according to their
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d
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18
truth
valu
e
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If an argument is sound, it means
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d
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Question
19
it is
vali
d
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Occam’s razor says:
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d
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20
the simplest explanation is
usually the best
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A positive/negative approach is the weakest approach to take in
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presenting an argument.
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Answer: ue
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Question 21
In the best explanation approach,
illumination
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d
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Question
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provides information on
related areas
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Explanatory Scope refers to:
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d
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the quantity
of facts
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Ad Hoc refers to:
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d
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Question
24
an explanation that is created for the
situation at hand
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Knowing the main point of the argument will help me find the conclusion.
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Question
25
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The Latin phrase that means ‘it does not follow’ is:
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e
Feedbac
k:
Non
Sequitur
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Given]
