PHI 103 Week 1 Quiz
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Question 1
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This is one way to determine if one is encountering an explanation versus an argument:
Correct!
In explanations, the conclusion is less controversial than the premises.
In arguments, the premises is more controversial than the conclusion.
In explanations, the conclusion is more controversial than the premises.
In explanations, the conclusion does not matter.
Question 2
pts
Intellectual modesty is __________.
Correct!
the ability to examine one’s own beliefs and be objective about faults in those beliefs
the tendency to desire to be right in all circumstances
the ability to attack others’ beliefs in the attempt to prove them wrong
, the ability to bring about the good in one’s life
Question 3
pts
A definitive characteristic of deductive arguments is that __________.
the premises support the conclusion probabilistically
they are supported by science
the conclusion is intended to follow from the premise in a probable fashion
Correct!
the conclusion is intended to follow necessarily from the premises
Question 4
pts
What is a conclusion that could be deductively drawn from the following premises?
All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals.
Correct!
All dogs are mammals.
All mammals are dogs.
Dogs generate their own body heat.
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Question 1
pts
This is one way to determine if one is encountering an explanation versus an argument:
Correct!
In explanations, the conclusion is less controversial than the premises.
In arguments, the premises is more controversial than the conclusion.
In explanations, the conclusion is more controversial than the premises.
In explanations, the conclusion does not matter.
Question 2
pts
Intellectual modesty is __________.
Correct!
the ability to examine one’s own beliefs and be objective about faults in those beliefs
the tendency to desire to be right in all circumstances
the ability to attack others’ beliefs in the attempt to prove them wrong
, the ability to bring about the good in one’s life
Question 3
pts
A definitive characteristic of deductive arguments is that __________.
the premises support the conclusion probabilistically
they are supported by science
the conclusion is intended to follow from the premise in a probable fashion
Correct!
the conclusion is intended to follow necessarily from the premises
Question 4
pts
What is a conclusion that could be deductively drawn from the following premises?
All dogs are warm-blooded. All warm-blooded creatures are mammals.
Correct!
All dogs are mammals.
All mammals are dogs.
Dogs generate their own body heat.
