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Logic and Critical thinking Assignment
Question 1: As a student, why you honor and obey moral rules? For the sake of your own individual benefits? or for the sake of others? or just for the sake of fulfilling our infallible duty?
Question 2. Discuss the wisdoms that philosophers may seekin relation to human life and universe? Consider the differences and similaritiesof these wisdoms among philosophersfrom metaphysical, epistemological, axiological and ethical point of view?
Question 3. A man is a political animal. Hence, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates are political animals.
Is this passage argument or not? if it is argument, write its kind?
Question 4. The first orange I drew from my bag is red. All oranges in my bag are red. Therefore, the second orange I drawn from my bag will be red, too.
Write the kind of argument?
Question 5. All cats can fly
Anything that can fly haswings.
So, all catshavewings.
Determine its validity¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬?
Question 6. Democracy is a government of the people by the people for the people(Write the types or techniques of definition and explain why)?
Question 7. Man means a rational animal (Write the types or techniques of definition and explain why).
Question 8. If critical thinking is so important, why is it that uncritical thinking is so common? Why is it that so many people including many highly educated and intelligent people observed to be uncritical one? Discuss the reasons?
Question 9. Explain with providing examples how cultural and moral relativism could be a barrier to critical thinking?
Question 10. In Ethiopian context, what could be the factors affecting disciplined thinking at individual, group and national levels? Discuss them in detail with practical examples?
Question 11. Mr"X" argued that we should give better study guides to our students. I think that your idea is not sound, because we shouldn't just give out easy A's to everyone (write the fallacy committed?
Question 12. If we continue to increase college fee, nobody will be able to afford and pursue a higher education. This, in turn, weakens our income(write the type of fallacy).
Question 13. I believe in the Bible because it is the written word of God through his prophets. Obviously, God would not lie to his prophets. After all, the Bible says so(write the type of fallacy).
Question 14. I ought always to do what is right. I have a right to say what I think. Therefore, I ought always to say what I think(write the type of fallacy).
Question 15. X strongly argues to destroy churches. X argues this way since X had no religion and did not go to the church(write the type of fallacy).
Question 16. When your mom gets your phone bill and you have gone over the limit, you begin talking to her about how hard your math class is and how well you did on a test today(write the type of fallacy).
Question 17. Some human activities are not degrading the environment (Change both the quality and the quantity).
Question 18. Some people are not friendly in their social life.
Therefore, it is false that all people are friendly in their social life ( is it valid/invalid)?
Question 19. No blacks are white
Therefore, no non- white are non- black (valid or invalid and write the type of fallacy if it commits a fallacy)?
Question 20. If the statement' All people are mortal is True," what is the truth value of the following statements?
a. No people are mortal.
b. Some people are mortal.
c. Some people are not mortal.