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PHIL 201 QUIZ # 2 INCORRECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED


 Question 1

3 out of 3 points

The first and perhaps most primary law of logic is:

Selected The law of
Answer:
noncontradiction
 Question 2

3 out of 3 points

The law of excluded middle states

Selected something either is or
Answer:
is not
 Question 3

3 out of 3 points

“Something is or is not” comes under the category of a law of logic:

Selected Tru

Answer: e
 Question 4

3 out of 3 points

In a valid deductive argument the conclusion follows necessarily from the

, premises.

Selected Tru

Answer: e




 Question 5

Needs Grading

The Latin phrase that means ‘it does not follow’ is:

Selected An argument put forth in which there is no inference is called "non-
Answer:
sequitur", which means "it does not follow"
Response [None Given]

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 Question 6

3 out of 3 points

The fallacy of equivocation occurs when the meaning of a significant term changes in the

middle of an argument.
Selected Tru

Answer: e




 Question 7

3 out of 3 points

This fallacy occurs when an argument is distorted to an extreme and becomes a false

imitation of the original argument: