PHIL 2003 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Vitamin X, Numeracy, Deductive Reasoning
13 Oct 2017
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Exercise 4-4: the story does not simply report the facts regarding time cheating" by city construction employees. It takes a strong stance against the employees, adopting a tone of moral indignation about their alleged activities, and, contrary to the usual news practice, assuming that the allegations are justified. Schools investigator richard condon though there is a reference to unnamed authorities. ". Self-assessment quiz, page 54: good reason to doubt such a claim, it is not reasonable to believe a claim when there is no good reason for doing so. ", 1. Paid by special-interest groups or companies to give an opinion. Expresses very strong belief in a claim even though there is no evidence to support it. Expert stands to gain financially from the actions or policies that he or she supports: unambiguous: cases where senses are impaired, where environment for perception is not clear.
