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Cedric cannot seem to draw a conclusion about a certain political controversy. Instead of hitting the books (or doing some internet research), he asks someone he looks up to what his position is. He then makes that person's position his own without thinking much about any support for the position. -This is what it means to create an argument. -This is a vice of critical thinking. -This is a virtue of critical thinking. This is a vice of critical thinking. Which of the following is tru...

Fill in the blank: A __________ is a thousand-sided figure. (Sixth Meditation) A. hectagon B. chiliagon C. heptaliagon D. cryptonomigon B. chiliagon According to Descartes, why can't God transmit ideas of corporeal things "from a source other than corporeal things"? (Sixth Meditation) A. It is not within God's power to create ideas in a mind. B. God would be a deceiver, contradicting God's goodness. C. It would make the ideas more powerful than God. D. Only corporeal things e...

Laws of Logic:Basic foundations of Logic, first principles. The foundation of all reasoning. If they are not accepted as true, then nothing we say or reason makes any sense. These laws are undeniable. -Law of Non-Contradiction -Law of Excluded Middle -Law of Identity Laws of NonContradiction:Something cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect. The Law of Excluded Middle:Something either is or is not. Law of Identity:something is what it is. P=p Undeniable:Th...

Fill in the blank: A __________ is a thousand-sided figure. (Sixth Meditation) A. hectagon B. chiliagon C. heptaliagon D. cryptonomigon B. chiliagon According to Descartes, why can't God transmit ideas of corporeal things "from a source other than corporeal things"? (Sixth Meditation)

Laws of Logic:Basic foundations of Logic, first principles. The foundation of all reasoning. If they are not accepted as true, then nothing we say or reason makes any sense. These laws are undeniable. -Law of Non-Contradiction -Law of Excluded Middle -Law of Identity Laws of NonContradiction:Something cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect. The Law of Excluded Middle:Something either is or is not. Law of Identity:something is what it is. P=p

Cedric cannot seem to draw a conclusion about a certain political controversy. Instead of hitting the books (or doing some internet research), he asks someone he looks up to what his position is. He then makes that person's position his own without thinking much about any support for the position. -This is what it means to create an argument. -This is a vice of critical thinking. -This is a virtue of critical thinking. This is a vice of critical thinking. Which of the following is tru...

Cedric cannot seem to draw a conclusion about a certain political controversy. Instead of hitting the books (or doing some internet research), he asks someone he looks up to what his position is. He then makes that person's position his own without thinking much about any support for the position. -This is what it means to create an argument. -This is a vice of critical thinking. -This is a virtue of critical thinking. - This is a vice of critical thinking. Which of the following is t...