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One example of logic as entertainment that was presented in your book is _____.
 
  a. reading murder mysteries such as those about Sherlock Holmes
  b. interpreting tea leaves
  c. calculating the probabilities associated with the card game of poker
  d. the art of palmistry

Question 2

This person is credited with being the first person to write thoroughly about what has come to be called the hypothetico-deductive method.
 
  a. Lewis Carroll c. Mark Twain
  b. John Stuart Mill d. Jean Piaget



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Answer to Question 1

A
Tea leaf interpretation, palm reading , and poker hand probabilities were not discussed in the text.

Answer to Question 2

B
John Stuart Mill's description of the hypothetico-deductive method is quoted in the textbook.



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