Phil 347 week 7 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What core values would you risk your life for and freedom to defend? Could a nation going to war be appropriate in certain circumstances – or is war never an appropriate response? Does the argumen t pass the Test of Truthfulness? Show Less

Week 7 Phil 347 Discussion questions and answers Chapter 10: Evaluating Causal Arguments Chapter 11: Detecting Fallacies Discuss some of the differences between causal arguments and both inductive generalizations and analogous arguments. Also discuss the difference between making a causal argument and establishing true causation, if there is any. Can you provide an example? In a Causal argument, if one of the claims or the premise contains Effect then the other claim or the conclusio...

PHIL 347 WEEK 4 CHECK POINT QUIZ ANSWERED Based on what you have read in the text, the lecture, and any other sources you find helpful to your understanding of deductive arguments, explain the structure of a deductive argument in your own words. Your Answer: A deductive argument typically has two premises and a conclusion based on those premises. In order for the conclusion to be true, the premises must be true as well. Therefore, if the premises are true, the conclusion will cer...

PHIL 347 WEEK 6 Question 1 4 / 4 pts What are the three fundamental reasoning strategies listed in the text? Your Answer: Comparative reasoning Ideological reasoning Empirical reasoning Question 2 6 / 6 pts What is comparative reasoning? On what skill is it based? Your Answer: Comparative reasoning is a form of thinking where you basically compare two things (this is like that). This form of reasoning enables human to interpret thing, draw inferences, or offer explanations. Compara...

PHIL 347 WEEK 2 QUIZ. COMPLETE.Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50 Submitted Jan 13 at 7:23pm This attempt took 33 minutes. Question 1 10 / 10 pts Briefly state how the text defines “claim.” Your Answer: AKA the conclusion . It is a statement that the maker of the argument is seeking to show to be true or probably true . Question 2 10 / 10 pts Reread the section in the text entitled “Two Confusions to Avoid” in Chapter 5. From what you read there, construct a defin...

PHIL 347 WEEK 3 QUIZ 1. According to the text, how do the views of stronger, more developed critical thinkers toward authority differ from those in earlier stages of cognitive development? (pg. 116- 117) Our text explains that folks in the earlier stages of cognitive development view authority as someone who is powerful and capable of controlling others' behavior, or as someone trustworthy, who can offer good advice (Facione & Gittens, 2016). For example, parents and teachers have authori...

At the very end of Chapter 13, there is a Group Exercise that asks: What ideals would you go to war to defend? We are not going to ask you to go to war, but we are going to ask you to think about what ideals or values you believe would be worth defending – even to the point of risking your life in their defense. When Nazi Germany overtook Europe in the early 20th Century, resistance movements sprung up in the occupied countries, and many civilians risked – and lost – their lives against Na...

PHIL 347 Week 7 Course Project; Argumentative Paper

Manage Discussion Entry Hello, The world has experienced different situations that violate and uplift the rights of the people for a quality life. However, I believe that women’s right in Saudi Arabia has been degraded for a long time. The nation is predominantly Islamic, with cultural and social beliefs that hinder women from rising to top positions in society and exercising their will for quality life (Pejdah, 2020). The law systems of the nation follow the Sharia laws, which have revealed t...

Human growth and development mid-term study guide(Rhonda Shirley )Latest Updated 2022 Human Growth and Development Med-Term Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Piaget believed that children begin to construct knowledge in new ways at a few critical points in development. 2. Competence-environmental press theory emphasizes that to understand people’s functioning, it is essential to understand the systems in which they live. 3. If you believe in continuity, you believe that development is best char...