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    Other Things Being Equal, the More Background Information a Claim
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Other Things Being Equal, the More Background Information a Claim

Question 14

Question 14

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Other things being equal, the more background information a claim conflicts with, the more reason we have to…


A) Revise our background information
B) Believe it
C) Doubt it
D) Try to prove it

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