Jackie's Friend Tells Her What to Do in Her Personal

question 62

Multiple Choice

Jackie's friend tells her what to do in her personal life based on her "gut instincts." A more formal name for this source of knowledge is

• A) rationalism.
• B) hypothesis testing.
• C) appeal to authority.
• D) intuition.

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Definitions:

Major Term

In logic, specifically in a syllogism, the major term is the predicate of the conclusion.

Distributed

Pertains to systems that spread functions, processes, or data across multiple locations or computing devices.

Undistributed Middle

A logical fallacy in which a syllogism's middle term is not universally applied, leading to an erroneous conclusion.

Premise

An assertion or claim that leads to or results in a subsequent conclusion or inference.