INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. Maria's argument for abolishing the Immigration Service can't be trusted. After all, Maria is an illegal alien, and if the Immigration Service is abolished, she will never be caught and deported
A) Straw man.
B) Argument against the person, circumstantial.
C) Missing the point.
D) Tu quoque (you, too).
E) No fallacy.
B
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A basic form of deductive argument is
a. inductive reasoning. b. the proposition. c. causation. d. the syllogism.
Rewrite the following argument as a standard-form categorical syllogism; then identify its mood and figure: Since some science professors are absent-minded persons and all philosophers are absent-minded persons, some scientists are not philosophers.
What will be an ideal response?
Misrepresenting a claim to make it easier to reject is called
A. False dilemma. B. Equivocation. C. Straw Man. D. Begging the question.