For the following argument, identify the important claims by…
For the following argument, identify the important claims by copying and pasting them into MindMup in another tab, give the ultimate conclusion the number 1, and map the arguments. After you have finished mapping all of the arguments in Mastery Check 3.2, in MindMup, click File –> Share and type rsaucedo@lamar.edu to share your maps with me for grading, just as you did for the MindMup – Honorlock Test.“Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that considers knowledge and justified belief. Among other things, epistemology addresses the extent to which we should, or shouldn’t, trust our senses. Descartes, the father of modern philosophy, was disinclined to trust the evidence of his senses unless that evidence could be shown to be trustworthy through other, non-sensory sources, like reason. Other philosophers, like Locke, took sensory evidence to be sufficiently trustworthy to not require external support. Can we be confident that our sensory organs are reliable? Well, the theory of evolution has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt, so our sensory organs are the product of evolution. Evolution would produce reliable sensory organs because evolution favors traits that encourage reproduction and animals with reliable sensory organs will have offspring. After all, if an animal lacks reliable sensory organs then it’s apt to be eaten by undetected predators before it can reproduce. Consequently, we can be reasonably confident that our sensory organs are reliable.”
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Working in groups, the students in Ms. Rosa’s class plant three seeds in a pot of soil, then water them and place the pot in a tall, narrow cardboard box with a half-dollar sized circular hole cut out in one side near the top of the box where light can enter. The students only briefly open the box each day to measure their plant’s growth and add water, then close it again. They keep their boxes on the window sill with the hole-side facing the outside light. After several weeks, what will students most likely observe happening to the plant, and why?
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Mrs. Alvarez, age 78, reports using a multivitamin daily and a homeopathic “Chinese herbal tonic” but does not tell her physician. Which of the following questions should her physician ask during a routine physical appointment?
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