"‘Furniture' means dressers, tables, beds, desks, and the like" is a

A. stipulative definition.
B. definition by genus and difference.
C. definition by subclass.
D. lexical definition.


C. definition by subclass.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:The statistics Dr. Swain trotted out to prove that bicycle helmets save lives miss the point that a helmet law for bicyclists infringes on individual rights.

What will be an ideal response?

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For Mill, when calculating the utility of any particular action, we must include the happiness it will produce for __________

a. the family of the individual who will perform the action. b. all sentient creatures. c. the individual who will perform the action. d. all human beings.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each question. Which fallacy occurs when a general rule is applied to a specific case that the rule was not intended to cover?

A) Hasty generalization. B) Tu quoque (you, too). C) Composition. D) Accident. E) Division.

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