Evaluate the following argument in accordance with the criteria discussed in the text.Between 1984 and 1989, American consumption of oatmeal at breakfast went up 56 percent. Meanwhile, the consumption of coffee dropped 11 percent. For some reason, oatmeal must make coffee taste bad.
What will be an ideal response?
Probably there is an underlying third cause. The statistics cited might even be coincidence.
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According to the doctrine of Occasionalism:
1. mind does not exist. 2. matter does not exist. 3. there is limited causal interaction between mind and matter. 4. there is no causal interaction between mind and matter.
The intellectual creations of individual nations become
A. Medical advances B. World news C. Common property D. Growth stimulation
Marcuse tells us that, in order to encourage people to struggle to free themselves from surplus repression, we must:
A. falsely promise them a release from necessary repression. B. make them see the difference between the necessary repression they must endure, and the surplus repression from which they can be liberated. C. first free them from necessary repression. D. gain the support of the ruling class. E. None of the above
"Every time I've gone to the concession stand for a beer, our basketball team has gone on a scoring streak. There are two minutes to go, and the team is trailing by six. I guess it's about time for a beer." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The fallacy of appeal to ignorance B. The fallacy of false alternatives C. The questionable cause fallacy D. The slippery-slope fallacy E. None of the answers are correct