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ISBN: 9780073513904

Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 1, Problem 7CQ

Which of these criteria best distinguish between explanations provided by science and those provided by religion: truth, testability, or appeal to authority? How do religious explanations differ from scientific explanations?

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