For the Next Group of Questions, Consider the Following Argument

question 153

Multiple Choice

For the next group of questions, consider the following argument:
Since (1) values are nothing more than our own evaluation of the facts, (2) they are not objective.(3) Knowledge of the facts is based on empirical evidence, and (4) anything based on such evidence is objective.But (5) evaluating facts is different from knowing them.
-Is the argument valid?

• A)Yes, because all of its steps are valid.
• B)Yes, because most of its steps are valid.
• C)Yes, because its conclusion is true.
• D)No, because its conclusion is false.
• E)No, because one of its steps is invalid.

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A numerical measure of how much the quantity supplied of a good responds to a change in its price.

Negative Sign

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A measure indicating how the demand for one good responds to a change in the price of another good.

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