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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
1. If history is important, then it should be taught at school.
2. History is important.
Therefore, history should be taught at school.
This is an example of a
modus ponens
What is an argument made of two statements, or reasons, and a conclusion?
What is an argument starts with an "If ... then" statement but then denies the "then" part?
What type of argument did Blaise Pascal use for the belief in God?
Modus Tollens
Modus Ponens
What type of argument did J.L. Mackie use to argue God did not exist?
Modus Ponens
Modus Tollens
What is a disjunctive syllogism also known as?
Process of elimination
What does a hypothetical syllogism concludes or ends with?
If statement
What is a statistical syllogism also known as?
An educated guess
How many steps did Zeno of Citium prefer to present his arguments?
Zeno presented his arguments in three steps.
What did Francis Bacon use to support a general conclusion instead of syllogisms?
What type of argument is a special type of inductive reasoning?
Analogy
Inductions
Syllogisms
Which of the following philosophers used analogies to argue for the existence of God?
Francis Bacon
William Paley
Zeno of Citium
Blaise Pascal
What type of argument did Charles Darwin use for his theory of evolution?
Analogy
What is an relevant opinion?
Why should you be careful about authorities offering opinions?
Why should you be careful of anyone who expects others to believe them without proof?
They could be wrong.
What did Ralph Waldo Emerson mean when he wrote, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
We should never let authorities pressure us into going against our own best judgement.
What did Mary Wollstonecraft argue about discrimination against women?
Mary Wollstonecraft argued that discrimination against women was keeping society from being the best it could be.
What is trying to disprove someone by claiming they do the very thing they are criticizing?
What is trying to disprove your opponent by claiming they are connected to a bad group of people?
What is trying to disprove your opponent by claiming their argument comes from personal interest?
Circumstantial ad hominem
When some people think Rousseau's theories about raising children were worthless?
Some people think Rousseau's theories are worthless due to Rousseau sending his own children to an orphanage.
Why did some people believe Martin Heidegger's argument about the highest moral authority coming from the free choice of true individuals were wrong?
Heidegger never showed regret for supporting the Communist Party in Germany after World War II.
Heidegger never showed regret for supporting the Nazi Party in Germany after World War II.
What is trying to prove your conclusion by showing that it's already popular?
What is trying to prove your conclusion by showing that an elite group of people already accept it?
Snob appeal fallacy
If you don't pick me for the team, I might start to cry is an example what fallacy?
Appeal to pity fallacy
Pick me for the team or I'll tell everyone you have a crush on Rowan is an example of what type of fallacy?
Appeal to fear threat fallacy
Which of below terms are NOT a way to debate an issue?
Define your terms
Be considerate
Support your view
Use derogatory terms to define someone
What did John Dewey argue was a necessary part of life in a democratic society?
Debates are necessary parts of life in a democratic society.
What does Bertrand Russell believe the main job of philosophy is?
Free us from certainties that close our minds.
