Taylor Says That the Statement "This Stone Is So Hot

question 6

Multiple Choice

Taylor says that the statement "This stone is so hot it can fry an egg," is a philosophically significant sense of 'can' as a "causal capacity or, better, of ..."

• A) hypothetical possibility.
• B) material conditional.
• C) categorical imperative.
• D) reflective determinacy.

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Definitions:

Longitudinal Design

A special kind of systematic observation, used by correlational researchers, that involves obtaining measures of the variables of interest in multiple waves over time.

Preschoolers

Young children typically between the ages of 3 and 5 years who are in the developmental stage before attending kindergarten.

Experimental Studies

Research methodologies that involve the manipulation of variables to observe the effect on another variable, typically within a controlled environment.

Causality

The relationship between cause and effect where one event (the cause) leads to the outcome (the effect), fundamental to scientific and philosophical inquiry.