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WorksheetsPhilosophy 25 review questions
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is critical thinking as a reasoning process?
The development of ever less accurate world view, and using it in decision making
The development of ever more accurate world view, and not using it in decision making
The development of ever more accurate local view, and using it in decision making
The development of ever more accurate world view, and using it in decision making
Inductive Strength
An argument is inductively strong if and only if its not necessary, but it is likely, that the conclusion would be true given that the premises are true.
An argument is inductively strong if and only if its not necessary, but it is likely, that the conclusion would be true given that the premises are false.
An argument is inductively strong if and only if its not necessary, but it is likely, that the conclusion would be false given that the premises are true.
An argument is inductively strong if and only if its not necessary, but it is likely, that the conclusion would be false given that the premises are false.
Fallacy
A mistake in reasoning; valid nor strong
A mistake in reasoning; neither valid but strong
A mistake in reasoning; neither valid nor strong
A mistake in reasoning; valid and strong
Deductive Validity.
An argument is deductively valid if and only if it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion true.
An argument is deductively valid if and only if it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false.
An argument is deductively valid if and only if it impossible for the premises to be false and the conclusion false.
An argument is deductively valid if and only if it not impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false.
What is a interrogative sentence?
A string of words ending with a question mark.
A string of words ending with a exclamation mark.
A string of words ending with a period.
A string of words
Indirectly relevant
Evidence for a responsive answer to a statement.
Evidence for a responsive answer to a question.
Evidence for a responsive answer to a argument.
Evidence for a unresponsive answer to a statement.
What is critical thinking as an academic discipline?
A new hybrid discipline that studies the process of how people can and do develop ever less accurate world views.
A new hybrid discipline that studies the process of how professors can and do develop ever more accurate world views.
A new hybrid discipline that studies the process of how people can and do develop ever more accurate world views.
A new hybrid discipline that studies the process of how people can but not develop ever more accurate world views.
Sound
A weak argument with true premises.
A valid argument with true premises.
A strong argument with false premises.
A weak argument with false premises.
Amphiboly
A statement that is ambiguous due to grammatical construction.
A sentence that is ambiguous due to grammatical construction.
A sentence that is ambiguous but not ambiguous due to grammatical construction.
A interrogative sentence that is ambiguous due to grammatical construction.
What is an argument?
A set of one or more statements, called the premises, taken as evidence for another statement, called the conclusion.
A set of one statement, called the premises, taken as evidence for another statement, called the conclusion.
A set of one or more quesstions, called the premises, taken as evidence for another statement, called the conclusion.
A set of one or more statements, called the conclusion, taken as evidence for another statement, called the premises.
What is a statement?
Something that may be asserted or strong
Something that may be asserted or valid
Something that may be valid and strong
Something that may be asserted or denied
What is a simple statement?
It contains no other statements as parts or components.
It contains no other sentences as parts or components.
It contains other statements as parts or components.
It contains other statements as parts but not components.
What is a question?
A question for information
A argument for information
A answer for information
A request for information
What is a compound statement?
A question that contains 1 or more other statement as components
A sentence that contains 1 or more other statement as components
A statement that contains 1 or more other statement as components
A argument that contains 1 or more other statement as components
What is a worldview?
A set of beliefs about the world or some part or aspect of it.
A set of beliefs about the world or some part
A set of beliefs about the world
A set of beliefs about the world and some part and aspect of it.
What is a sentence?
A ungrammatical sequence of words of a language
A statement
A grammatical sequence of letters of a language
A grammatical sequence of words of a language
What is a direct answer?
Sentences that provide the information requested, no more, no less
Statements that provide the information requested, no more, no less
Statements that provide the information requested, with more than requested
Arguments that provide the information requested, no more, no less
What is grammatical ambiguity?
When a sentence is ambiguous due to poor word order
When a sentence is ambiguous due to poor letter order
When a sentence is ambiguous due to strong word order
When a statement is ambiguous due to poor word order
Define: Erotetic
Having to do with arguments
Having to do with sentences
Having to do with questions
Having to do with statements
What is a presupposition to a question?
A argument that must be true if that question is to have any true answer
A statement that must be true if that question is to have any false answer
A statement that must be false if that question is to have any true answer
A statement that must be true if that question is to have any true answer
What is a loaded question?
A question with a false or debatable presupposition
A statement with a false or debatable presupposition
A question with a true or debatable presupposition
A question with a false or nondebatable presupposition
What is lexical ambiguity?
A question that is ambiguous because it contains 1 or more ambiguous word in it
A statement that is ambiguous because it contains 1 or more ambiguous words in it
A sentence that is ambiguous because it contains 1 or more ambiguous words in it
A argument that is ambiguous because it contains 1 or more ambiguous words in it
Define: Directly Relevant
A unresponsive answer to that question
A responsive answer to that question
A responsive answer to that statement
A responsive answer to that argument
Corrective Answer
A argument that denies 1 or more presuppositions
A sentence that denies 1 or more presuppositions
A question that denies 1 or more presuppositions
A statement that denies 1 or more presuppositions
Define: Ambiguous
A word or phrase that has more than 1 meaning.
A sentence that has more than 1 meaning.
A word or phrase that has 1 meaning.
