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PHI 103 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   PHI 103 Week 1 DQ 1
(Consider an argument you have recently)PHI 103
Week 1 DQ 2 (Logic can do a great deal in helping
us understand our arguments)PHI 103 Week 1
QuizPHI 103 Week 2 DQ 1 (Construct a deductive
argument)PHI 103 Week 2 DQ 2 (Construct an
inductive argument)PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment
Final Paper Outline Pro Choice (Legalized
Abortion)
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PHI 103 Week 1 DQ 1 (Consider an argument you
have recently) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   DQ 1 Consider an
argument you have recently had with a friend,
family member, manager, co-worker, or someone
else. Identify the topic of the argument and
present that argument in premise-conclusion form,
identifying both the premises and conclusion.  
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PHI 103 Week 1 DQ 2 (Logic can do a great deal in
helping us understand our arguments) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   DQ 2 Logic
can do a great deal in helping us understand our
arguments. Explain what advantages we obtain by
studying logic in terms of improving our
reasoning. Consider a debate over whether prayer
should be allowed in public schools. Explain what
logic can and cannot do. In other words, what
kinds of questions and topics are not decided by
logical analysis?
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PHI 103 Week 1 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.         Question
       Which of these could be seen as a premise
in an argument?   2.         Question        A
valid deductive argument, the premises of which
are accepted as true, shows   3.         Question
       "You didn't like that book so you
probably don't like to read" is   4.        
Question        In the statement, "You didn't
like that  
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PHI 103 Week 2 Assignment Final Paper Outline Pro
Choice (Legalized Abortion) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Final Paper Outline.
Review the Final Paper instructions in Week 5 of
the onlinecourse or in the Components of Course
Evaluation section of this guide. Then, visit
the Ashford Writing Center (located in the
Learning Resources tab in the left navigation
bar). The outline must containa Introduction with
thesis statement. At least five body paragraphs,
using the provided model. Conclusion. Reference
page containing at least three
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PHI 103 Week 2 DQ 1 (Construct a deductive
argument) For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   DQ 1 Construct a deductive argument that
is valid but not sound. Then, construct a valid
deductive argument that is sound. Be sure to put
the argument in premise-conclusion form.
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PHI 103 Week 2 DQ 2 (Construct an inductive
argument) For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   DQ 2 Construct an inductive argument for
a specific conclusion. Then, explain what you
might do to make this inductive argument
stronger, either by revising the premises or by
revising the conclusion.
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PHI 103 Week 2 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.         Question
        "10 is less than 100 100 is less than
1,000 consequently, 10 is less than 1,000" is an
example of a 2.         Question         One way
to make an inductive argument stronger is
to 3.         Question         All sound
arguments are valid, but not all valid arguments
are sound. This means 4.         Question
        Inductive arguments should never be
characterized as 5.         Question        
Inductive arguments are evaluated in terms of
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PHI 103 Week 3 Assignment Stereotype Paper For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   PHI 103
Week 3 Assignment Stereotype Paper Stereotype
Paper. Read Stereotyping Has Lasting Negative
Impact Prejudice has lingering effects,study
shows and watch How Pre-existing Beliefs Distort
Logical Reasoning. Discuss three stereotypes you
encounter in your own life and the effect
thosestereotypes can have on others.  This can be
a stereotype you realize you havebeen guilty of
holding or someone else.
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PHI 103 Week 3 DQ 1 (Considering the fallacies
discussed in Chapter Four) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   DQ 1 Considering the
fallacies discussed in Chapter Four of An
Introduction to Logic, construct three different
arguments that display distinct fallacies. Give
an explanation of why each makes a mistake in
drawing the conclusion it does. Review your
classmates examples and see if they, in fact,
commit the fallacy identified.
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PHI 103 Week 3 DQ 2 (One rich source of fallacies
is the media For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   DQ 2 One rich source
of fallacies is the media television, radio,
magazines, and the Internet (including, of
course, commercials.) Identify two distinct
fallacies you see committed in the media. Do you
think it is more likely that you will not be
fooled by these fallacies having studied logic?
What do you think those presenting these
arguments assume about the logical skills of
their viewers? Is this a good or bad assumption
for them to make?
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PHI 103 Week 3 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.         Question
        "China uses too much oil. So they
shouldn't develop their industry" may commit
which fallacy? 2.         Question        
"Julie started carrying a rabbit's foot, then she
won the lottery. The rabbit's foot must have
caused her to win the lottery" commits
a(n) 3.         Question         A person who is
shown his or her argument commits a fallacy
should 4.         Question         A fallacy is
an argument that 5.         Question         "If
that wasn't illegal, then it wouldn't be against
the law" may commit which fallacy?
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PHI 103 Week 4 Critical Thinking Quiz For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.        
Question        Mrs.Orlof teaches two history
classes, one in the morning and one in the
afternoon. Yesterday she gave the same test to
both classes. Anyone who failed the test must
take a retest. Since a greater percentage of
students who took the morning test failed the
test than students who took the afternoon test,
more of Orlofs morning history students than
afternoon history students will have to take the
retest. The conclusion above is not necessarily
valid because
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PHI 103 Week 4 DQ 1 (Scientists design
experiments and try to obtain results) For more
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103 Week 4 DQ 1 As stated in our text book
scientists design experiments and try to obtain
results verifying or disproving a hypothesis, but
philosophers are the driving force in determining
what factors determine the validity of scientific
results. (Mosser, 2011). Karl Popper's
philosophy of science uses modus as the central
method of disconfirming, or falsifying,
scientific hypotheses
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PHI 103 Week 4 DQ 2 (Mary is poor. She has not
been able to find a job) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   DQ 2 Mary is poor.
She has not been able to find a job and has two
children she needs to feed. Assume Mary is forced
to let her children go hungry or steal some food
from a local grocery store. Which should she do?
Construct an argument that supports Mary's
decision to steal the food or an argument that
shows why Mary should not steal the food.
Critique the arguments offered by your classmates.
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PHI 103 Week 4 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.         Question
       A good way to establish a conclusion as
true, or probable, is to 2.         Question
       Logicians regard the following as the
meaning of the word "argument." 3.        
Question        A strongly supported claim in
science should be regarded as 4.         Question
       Examining reasons and constructing
arguments can help in 5.         Question       
If the word "should" appears in a sentence, that
sentence will always involve an ethical claim.
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PHI 103 Week 5 DQ 1 (Write two arguments in
English) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   PHI 103 PHI 103 Week 5 DQ 1Write two
arguments in English, one in the form of modus
ponens and one in the form of modus tollens.
Then, write the arguments in symbols using
sentence letters and truth-functional
connectives.    
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PHI 103 Week 5 DQ 2 (Imagine someone asks you
what you have learned) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   DQ 2 Imagine someone
asks you what you have learned in your logic
class and what you found to be the most useful
information you learned there. Is it important
for people to study logic? What kinds of mistakes
might they make without having been exposed to a
careful study of reasoning provided by logic?
Offer your response to these questions, and
compare your answers to your classmates'
responses  
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PHI 103 Week 5 Final Paper Legalized Abortion
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com    
Argument Paper? For the Final Paper, you will
identify a specific claim relative to one of the
topicslisted before and defend it with as strong
an argument as possible. These topicsare
presented below as questions. The best way to
develop a thesis statement isto offer an answer
to the question, and then state in a clear and
specific sentencethe basis for your answer
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PHI 103 Week 5 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.         Question
       The sentence "P ? Q" is read
as 2.         Question        "P v Q" is best
interpreted as 3.         Question        What
is the truth value of the sentence "P v
P"? 4.         Question        If P is false,
and Q is false, the truth-value of "P ?Q"
is 5.         Question        "Julie and Kurt
got married and had a baby" is best symbolized
as 6.         Question        " P v Q" is best
read as 7.         Question        One of the
disadvantages of using truth tables is
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