Modus ponens Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Question 1 2.5 / 2.5 pts Which region of Anne's brain will be activated as she sees some inconsistent evidence of a research study she participated in? right-prefrontal left-prefrontal anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) left-prefrontal regions and temporal-parietal Question 2 2.5 / 2.5 pts If you eat uncooked food, then you will become sick. You became sick. Therefore, you ate uncooked food. This is an example of: modus ponens. Quiz: Reasoning, Decision Making, and Language Structu...

PHI 2604 Questions with accurate answers, gradedc A+, 2022/2023 Document Content and Description Below Not thinking too deeply or too systematically about ethical concerns a. isolates you from other people. c. ensures that no moral dilemmas arise. b. undermines your personal freedom. d. helps guide y ou to moral truth. 2. Which of the following is the overall point of the author’s discussion of “doing ethics”? a. Doing ethics is difficult, but not doing it is foolish. b. Doing ethics req...

PHI 103 Week 5 Quiz Question 1 Spouse: “I know that you get angry a lot. I’m sure that pretty soon you will hit me or something. And what are we gonna do when we have kids? You will probably beat them until they run out of the house and I will be left childless and abused! Correct! Slippery Slope Begging the Question Red Herring No Fallacy Question 2 “If he were happy, he would be smiling. He is not smiling, so he is not happy.” Correct! Modus Tollens ...

What is philosophy? (def) - is the attempt to provide for oneself an outlook on life based on broad fundamental principles underlying everything What is philosophy? (explanation) - defined by a concern of normative issues (what we ought to do) than is found in other objects Branches of Philosophy - 1 Logic (think or argue) 2Knowledge (Epistemology) 3Ethics (right from wrong) 4Political Philosophy (government form) 5Aesthetics (beauty) Constructive task of philosophy - attemp...

D265 Critical Thinking Study GUIDE 100% GRADED Critical Thinking - ANS The ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning/to be critical of your own reasoning. Propositions - ANS The fundamental building blocks of arguments. They are a statement that can be true or false. Simple propositions - ANS They have no internal logic structure, they are simply true or false based on how the world is. Freedom should be the highest value for its citizens. - ANS Simple proposition...

Chapter 1 ETHICS AND THE EXAMINED LIFE MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Not thinking too deeply or too systematically about ethical concerns a. isolates you from other people. c. ensures that no moral dilemmas arise. b. undermines your personal freedom. d. helps guide you to moral truth. 2. Which of the following is the overall point of the author’s discussion of “doing ethics”? a. Doing ethics is difficult, but not doing it is foolish. b. Doing ethics requires many years of careful study. c. Most peopl...

Deductive reasoning 1. What is deductive reasoning? a. Conclusion has to be true given the evidence provided 2. What is modus ponens for conditional reasoning? a. If p then q. Give p. Accept q b. Acceptance rate ~95% 3. What is modus tollens? a. If p then q. Given not q. Accept not p. b. Acceptance rate ~60% 4. What is affirmation of the consequent? a. If p then q. Given Q. Accept P. WRONG b. Acceptance rate ~40% 5. What is denial of the antecedent? a. If p then q. Given not p. Acce...

WGU D265 Terms UPDATED Critical Thinking - ANS the ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning—to criticize your own reasoning. Propositions - ANS statements that can be true or false Simple Proposition - ANS have no internal logical structure, meaning whether they are true or false does not depend on whether a part of them is true or false The sky is blue. Complex Proposition - ANS have internal logical structure, meaning they are composed of simple propositions....

Critical Thinking: Reason and Evidence A+ GRADED Critical Thinking - ANS The ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning--to criticize your own reasoning. Critical - ANS Reflective, careful, or attentive to potential errors. Critical Thinking - ANS Being curious and thinking creatively; Being billing to go the next step and think about all of the possible positions and arguments before settling into a position. Critical Thinking - ANS Separating the thinking from th...

Argument - correct answer A group of statements in which some of them (the premises) are intended to support another of them (the conclusion). Conclusion - correct answer In an argument, the statement that the premises are intended to support. Critical thinking - correct answer The systematic evaluation or formulation of beliefs, or statements, by rational standards Explanation - correct answer A statement or statements intended to tell why or how something is the case. Indicator wor...