Quiz 8: Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- What is a Front Group (2 points)?
- What is Video News Release (2 points)? What are two ways of recognizing a VNR (2 points each)?
- Explain the Alternative Model of Democracy we discussed in class (2 points)
Quiz 7: Please write your name and "Quiz 7" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- What is Frankfurt's goal in "On Bullshit"? That is, what is his aim or objective in the essay? (2 points)
- Max
Black defines Humbug as, "deceptive misrepresentation, short of lying,
especially by pretentious word or deed, of somebody's own thoughts,
feelings, or attitudes." What are two issues Frankfurt raises with this
definition? (4 points each)
Quiz 6: Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly explain three of the Criteria of Adequacy (2 points each).
- In class we discussed a number of factors that arise when science is implemented by flawed human beings. Explain one of these factors (2 points) and illustrate it with an example (2 points).
Quiz 5: Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Briefly explain Hume's Maxim. (4 points)
- Briefly list and explain the three foundational axioms of science. (2 points each)
Quiz 4: Please
write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Each of the
following passages commits at least one fallacy. Identify and explain
that fallacy.- From
former President Bush's address to a joint session of Congress on
September 20, 2001, “And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe
haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to
make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.”
- You know why you think that? Because you are an idiot!
- If
you want a life full of sexual pleasure, don’t graduate from college. A
study to be published next month in American Demographics magazine
shows that people with the most education have the least amount of sex.
- My
fellow Americans...there has been some talk that the government is
overstepping its bounds by allowing police to enter peoples' homes
without the warrants traditionally required by the Constitution.
However, these are dangerous times and dangerous times require
appropriate actions. I have in my office thousands of letters from
people who let me know, in no uncertain terms, that they heartily
endorse the war against crime in these United States. Because of this
overwhelming approval, it is evident that the police are doing the right
thing.
- Father: “Don’t play with that sharp stick son!” Son: “It’s not a stick dad, it is a lightsaber.”
Quiz 2: Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- In class we discussed four types of definitions. Briefly describe three of them. (2 points each)
- In class we discussed three ways to define. Briefly describe two of them. (2 points each)
Quiz 1: Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
- Name and briefly describe three of the five functions of language (2 points each).
- Name and briefly describe the two components of words that we discussed in class (2 points each).
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