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Which of the following sentences or sentence fragments is likely to be a conclusion?

Which of the following is not a feature of an argument “in standard form”?  

These two statements—“The Wall Street Journal says that people should invest heavily in stocks. Therefore, investing in stocks is a smart move.”—constitute…

What obstacle to critical thinking is involved in the following passage? I would never fly on an airplane.  It’s just too dangerous.  Didn’t you see the recent story about the terrible plane crash near Mexico City? It was all over the news. The images of the crash are memorable.   

In the following short but complex argumentation, “therefore” functions as a conclusion indicator. What is the other word that functions as a conclusion indicator in the passage? The past does not exist, and neither does the future. Hence, only the present exists. However,during the present there can be no lapse of time, since the present is always instantaneous. Therefore, time does not exist. (David Hume)

Does the following contain an argument? If so, what is the conclusion? If minds are identical to brains—that is, if one’s mind is nothing but a brain—androids could never have minds because they wouldn’t have brains. Clearly, a mind is nothing but a brain, so it’s impossible for androids to have minds.

The word critical in “critical thinking” refers to…

The phenomenon of being ignorant of how ignorant we are is known as…

The title of this architectural structure is ____.

A radioactive sample initially contains 200 mCi of a substance with a half-life of 10 minutes. How much of the substance remains after 40 minutes?