PHIL 347N CRITICAL THINKING LATEST UPDATED 2026-2027
FINAL EXAM WITH ALL COMPLETE DETAILED QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED A+ GRADE WITH
EXPERT FEEDBACK
If a claim conflicts with other claims we have good reason to accept, we
have good grounds for...
Doubting it.
When a claim is not quite dubious enough to dismiss outright yet not
worthy of complete acceptance, we should...
Proportion our belief to the evidence.
A news report that conflicts with other reports you believe are reliable
or with facts you already know is...
Untrustworthy
What is background information or evidence?
,things that we already believe or know
If a claim conflicts with our background information, we have good
reason to...
Doubt it
What are facts?
true statements
What are opinions?
beliefs that we take to be true
Which of the following claims conflict with our background
information?
CSN is located in Detroit Michigan
The government controls the weather
Louis can turn a stone into gold just by touching it
Some babies can bench press 500 pounds
,It is not reasonable to believe a claim when there is no good reason for
doing so.
True
What does it mean when we say we should proportion our beliefs to
the evidence?
the stronger the evidence for the claim, the stronger our belief in the
claim
the weaker the evidence for the claim the weaker our belief in the claim
the strength of our beliefs should co-vary with the strength of the
evidence
Experts are more likely to be right because they have access to more
information on the subject than we do and because...
They are better at judging the information than we are
, We fall into a fallacious appeal to authority by...
Regarding a nonexpert as an expert
Because we can never be knowledgeable in every field, we should reject
the claims of experts.
False
The opinion of experts generally carries more weight than our own—
but only in their areas of expertise.
True
Bill Nye, the science guy, is a former mechanical engineer. He has
argued that the chemical agent in Roundup (glyphosate) "is pretty
benign." Should we trust Bill Nye on this matter?
No, Bill Nye is not qualified to make this judgment
FINAL EXAM WITH ALL COMPLETE DETAILED QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS RATED A+ GRADE WITH
EXPERT FEEDBACK
If a claim conflicts with other claims we have good reason to accept, we
have good grounds for...
Doubting it.
When a claim is not quite dubious enough to dismiss outright yet not
worthy of complete acceptance, we should...
Proportion our belief to the evidence.
A news report that conflicts with other reports you believe are reliable
or with facts you already know is...
Untrustworthy
What is background information or evidence?
,things that we already believe or know
If a claim conflicts with our background information, we have good
reason to...
Doubt it
What are facts?
true statements
What are opinions?
beliefs that we take to be true
Which of the following claims conflict with our background
information?
CSN is located in Detroit Michigan
The government controls the weather
Louis can turn a stone into gold just by touching it
Some babies can bench press 500 pounds
,It is not reasonable to believe a claim when there is no good reason for
doing so.
True
What does it mean when we say we should proportion our beliefs to
the evidence?
the stronger the evidence for the claim, the stronger our belief in the
claim
the weaker the evidence for the claim the weaker our belief in the claim
the strength of our beliefs should co-vary with the strength of the
evidence
Experts are more likely to be right because they have access to more
information on the subject than we do and because...
They are better at judging the information than we are
, We fall into a fallacious appeal to authority by...
Regarding a nonexpert as an expert
Because we can never be knowledgeable in every field, we should reject
the claims of experts.
False
The opinion of experts generally carries more weight than our own—
but only in their areas of expertise.
True
Bill Nye, the science guy, is a former mechanical engineer. He has
argued that the chemical agent in Roundup (glyphosate) "is pretty
benign." Should we trust Bill Nye on this matter?
No, Bill Nye is not qualified to make this judgment
