DEVRY PHIL447N WEEK 1 AND 2 QUIZ

(TCOs 2 and 3) What issue is the speaker using to take a position in the following situation? Sure, some of the hotdoggers get good grades in Professor Bubacz's class. But my guess is that, if Algernon takes it, all it'll get him is flunked out.

: Whether Algernon is making a wise decision to take the class

Whether Professor Bubacz's class is a difficult one

What I think about Algernon

Whether Algernon's taking Professor Bubacz's class will get him flunked out

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1

Points Received: 0 of 4

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Question 2. Question :

(TCOs 2 and 3) What issue is the speaker using to take a position in the following situation? The best way to avoid false reasoning is to assume as a starting point that whatever someone is telling you is wrong. Because error usually leads to trouble, this shows that absolute skepticism is usually the right thing to do.

: That absolute skepticism helps one to avoid false reasoning

Whether one can be certain that something else is certain

That true belief and absolute skepticism are the same thing

Whether it is usually right to suspend judgment unless one is absolutely certain

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1

Points Received: 4 of 4

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Question 3. Question :

(TCOs 1 and 2) In this passage, identify which of the items that follow best states the primary issue discussed in the passage. Most people you find on university faculties are people who are interested in ideas. And the most interesting ideas are usually new ideas. So most people you find on university faculties are interested in new ideas. Therefore, you are not going to find many conservatives on university faculties, because conservatives are not usually interested in new ideas.

: Whether conservatives are interested in new ideas

Whether people on university faculties are interested more in new ideas than in other ideas

Whether you'll find many conservatives on university faculties

Whether most people are

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1

Points Received: 0 of 4

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Question 4. Question :

(TCOs 1 and 2) In this passage, identify which of the items that follow best states the primary issue discussed in the passage. The winner of this year's spelling bee is a straight-A student whose favorite subject is science, which isn't surprising, because students interested in science learn to pay attention to details.

: Whether science students learn to pay attention to detail

Whether learning science will improve a student's ability to spell

Whether learning science teaches a student to pay attention to details

None of the above

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1

Points Received: 4 of 4

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Question 5. Question :

(TCO 4) In this passage, identify which cognitive bias is being used. The TV show The Sopranos might have been a pretty good series without the profanity that occurred all the way through it. But without the profanity, it would not have been believable. Those people just talk that way. If you have them speaking Shakespearean English or middle-class suburban English, then nobody is going to pay any attention to the message because nobody will see it as realistic. It's true, of course, that like many other programs with some offensive feature whether it's bad language, sex, or whatever it will never appeal to the squeamish.

: In-group bias

Loss aversion

False consensus effect

Belief bias

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 1

Points Received: 4 of 4

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(TCOs 1 & 3) An argument is sound when

it is true beyond a reasonable doubt.

there is enough support for the argument.

the premise of an argument is doubtful.

the premise of a valid argument is in fact true.

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 2

Points Received: 4 of 4

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Question 2. Question :

(TCOs 1 & 2) The word Since is a

conclusion indicator.

premise indicator.

probability indicator.

deduction indicator.

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 2

Points Received: 4 of 4

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Question 3. Question :

(TCOs 1 & 2) The premises of good inductive arguments

are true beyond any possible doubt.

are true beyond a reasonable doubt.

support their conclusions.

neither answers nor support their conclusions.

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 2

Points Received: 4 of 4

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Question 4. Question :

(TCOs 1 & 3) How would you rewrite the following claim to remedy problems of ambiguity?

Do not assume that common sense by itself solves the problem. Volunteer help requested: Come prepared to lift heavy equipment with construction helmet and work overalls.

Volunteer help requested: Use heavy equipment to lift construction helmets and work overalls.

Volunteer help requested: Lift heavy equipment with your construction helmet and work overalls.

Volunteer help requested: Use a construction helmet and work overalls to lift heavy equipment.

Volunteer help requested: Wear construction helmet and work overalls, and be prepared to lift heavy equipment.

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 3

Points Received: 4 of 4

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Question 5. Question :

(TCOs 1 & 3) A precising definition

takes on a special meaning in a given context.

reduces vagueness or generality.

can be used to persuade.

tell us what the word ordinarily means.

Instructor Explanation: Chapter 3

Points Received: 4 of 4

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