Reasoning and Logic in The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

Question 1

Read these examples from Jean-Francois Champollion's investigation into the Rosetta Stone, and decide whether each shows logical thinking.

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"Immediately Champollion thought of the one Greek leader whose name might be identified with this particular combination of letters. It was Alexander the Great.": logical thinking; "He began with another cartouche from the same inscription and numbered each of the hieroglyphs in it.": logical thinking; "'I am going to do it,' he had said as a boy when the mathematician Fourier showed him a copy of the Rosetta Stone.": not logical thinking

Question 2

Read these examples from Jean-Francois Champollion's investigation into the Rosetta Stone, and decide whether each shows logical thinking.

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A: ✔ logical thinking

Question 3

✔ logical thinkingnot logical thinking

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A: ✔ logical thinking

Question 4

logical thinking✔ not logical thinking

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B: ✔ not logical thinking

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