Scientific Skepticism Demands That We __________ Evidence That Another Theory

question 143

Multiple Choice

Scientific skepticism demands that we __________ evidence that another theory is __________.

• A)accept;inferior
• B)reject;inferior
• C)accept;superior
• D)reject;superior

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Definitions:

Opposition

In logic and philosophy, the relation between two propositions that have corresponding subject and predicate but differ in quality, such as one being affirmative and the other negative.

Non-categorical

Pertaining to concepts or items not organized according to a specific category or class.

Proposition

A note that communicates a viewpoint or opinion.

Subalternates

In the traditional square of opposition, the relationship between a universal and a particular proposition of the same quality (A and I, E and O): if the universal is true, the particular must be true, and if the particular is false, the universal must be false.