You Have Chosen to Defend a Marxist Interpretation of Social

question 23

Multiple Choice

You have chosen to defend a Marxist interpretation of social structure and change in an upcoming classroom debate. What will be the core of your presentation?

• A) Ideas cause social change.
• B) Conflict between classes motivates social change.
• C) The natural environment causes social change.
• D) Religion causes social change.

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Definitions:

Venn Diagram

A visual diagram that illustrates the logical relationships among several distinct groups within a limited set.

Syllogism Validity

A measure of whether a syllogism (a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion) logically follows from its premises.

Venn Diagram

A graphical representation used to show all possible logical relations between a finite collection of sets.

Categorical Syllogism

A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion, based on relationships between categories.