Question.488 - Chapter 6 Exercises - Logic and Critical Thinking
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Chapter 6 Exercises Exercise 6.1 2) What is the most reasonable attitude toward claim that conflicts with other claims you have good reason to believe? Having good points to believe it 6) What should be our attitude toward claim that conflicts with expert opinion? We should have a better reason to doubt it 8) What is the fallacious appeal to authority? Trusting experts as an authority outside their field of expertise 16) What is confirmation bias? It is the method to process the data by searching, infer information which is consistent with the one who strongly believes. Exercise 6.2 1) The statement is false or just a fictional case as per the real world information, no human have the ability to affect any physical elements with only using mental power. 2) False None of the records says that a single human has lived for 150 years old. According to the researchers, biological age limit is 120 years. As per the source, it seems to just attract others that the country has recorded something new. 3) Probably false According to the resources, the US has recorded very less number of leprosy cases. 4) Proportion believe to the evidence Claim is not doubtful enough to escalate out of hand, and not worthy for acceptance. Low plausibility. Exercise 6.3 1) Agree - Affirmative action should be abolished at all state of colleges because it leads to reverse discrimination. 2) Disagree Gay marriages should not be banned in the United States because all human beings have their own rights to marry. Also, the biological defect they are born with is not their default. Although, it is not a default they are not doing any harm to any others. As the world is diverse space, each life has equal rights. 3) Disagree Because no sources have the solid evidence to prove that aliens exist and they hit Roswell. 4) Disagree According to American Museum of Natural History the earth is 4.5 billion years old. Exercise 6.4 1) The story is biased against construction employees that ripped of the city by clocking in little to no work. 2) Yes, a loaded language has been used. For instance, Brazen Department of Education construction employees. 3) The main source of the story is one person that is Schools Investigator Richard CondonMore Articles From Philosophy